Abstract
Evidence for triggered star formation is difficult to establish because energy feedback from massive stars tend to erase the interstellar conditions that led to the star formation. Young stellar objects (YSOs) mark sites of current star formation whose ambient conditions have not been significantly altered. Spitzer observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) effectively reveal massive YSOs. The inventory of massive YSOs, in conjunction with surveys of interstellar medium, allows us to examine the conditions for star formation: spontaneous or triggered. We examine the relationship between star formation and gravitational instability on a global scale, and we present evidence of triggered star formation on local scales in the LMC.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 192-198 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | S237 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2006 |
Keywords
- Galaxies: ISM
- ISM: evolution
- ISM: structure
- Magellanic clouds
- Stars: formation
- Stars: pre-main-sequence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science