A hubble view of star forming regions in the magellanic clouds

  • Dimitrios A. Gouliermis
  • , Thomas Henning
  • , Wolfgang Brandner
  • , Michael R. Rosa
  • , Andrew E. Dolphin
  • , Markus Schmalzl
  • , Eva Hennekemper
  • , Hans Zinnecker
  • , Nino Panagia
  • , You Hua Chu
  • , Bernhard Brandl
  • , Sascha P. Quanz
  • , Massimo Robberto
  • , Guido De Marchi
  • , Robert A. Gruendl
  • , Martino Romaniello

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Abstract

The Magellanic Clouds (MCs) offer an outstanding variety of young stellar associations, in which large samples of low-mass stars (with M  1 M currently in the act of formation can be resolved and explored in detail only with the Hubble Space Telescope. These pre-main sequence (PMS) stars provide a unique snapshot of the star formation process, as it is being recorded for the last 20 Myr, and they give important information on the low-mass Initial Mass Function (IMF) of their host environments. We present the latest results from observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) of such star-forming regions in the MCs, and discuss the importance of Hubble for a comprehensive understanding of the most recent low-mass star formation and the low-mass IMF in the MCs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
EditorsF. Duccio Macchetto
PublisherSpringer
Pages71-75
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789048134007
ISBN (Print)9780387727677, 9780387876207, 9781402055720, 9781402069321, 9781402088674, 9781402091896, 9781441981608, 9781441983688, 9783540758259, 9783642033230, 9783642103216, 9783642103513, 9783642113406, 9783642172502, 9789048133994, 9789048133994, 9789048134984
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event41st Symposium of the European Space Agency : The Impact of HST on European Astronomy, 2007 - Noordwijk, Netherlands
Duration: May 29 2007Jun 1 2007

Publication series

NameAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Volume0
ISSN (Print)1570-6591
ISSN (Electronic)1570-6605

Other

Other41st Symposium of the European Space Agency : The Impact of HST on European Astronomy, 2007
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityNoordwijk
Period5/29/076/1/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Spectroscopy
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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