OB stellar associations in the large magellanic cloud: Survey of young stellar systems

Gouliermis, D; Kontizas, M; Kontizas, E; Korakitis, R

dc.contributor.author	Gouliermis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Kontizas, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Kontizas, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Korakitis, R	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:20Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:20Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	0004-6361	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15438
dc.subject	Galaxies: individual: LMC	en
dc.subject	Galaxies: star clusters	en
dc.subject	Galaxies: stellar content	en
dc.subject	Surveys	en
dc.subject.classification	Astronomy & Astrophysics	en
dc.subject.other	Clouds	en
dc.subject.other	Optical telescopes	en
dc.subject.other	Surveying	en
dc.subject.other	Magellanic clouds	en
dc.subject.other	Galaxies	en
dc.title	OB stellar associations in the large magellanic cloud: Survey of young stellar systems	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1051/0004-6361:20030483	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030483	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	The method developed by Gouliermis et al. (2000, Paper I), for the detection and classification of stellar systems in the LMC, was used for the identification of stellar associations and open clusters in the central area of the LMC. This method was applied on the stellar catalog produced from a scanned 1.2 m UK Schmidt Telescope Plate in U with a field of view almost 6.degrees5 x 6.degrees5, centered on the Bar of this galaxy. The survey of the identified systems is presented here followed by the results of the investigation on their spatial distribution and their structural parameters, as were estimated according to our proposed methodology in Paper I. The detected open clusters and stellar associations show to form large filamentary structures, which are often connected with the loci of HI shells. The derived mean size of the stellar associations in this survey was found to agree with the average size found previously by other authors, for stellar associations in different galaxies. This common size of about 80 pc might represent a universal scale for the star formation process, whereas the parameter correlations of the detected loose systems support the distinction between open clusters and stellar associations.	en
heal.publisher	E D P SCIENCES	en
heal.journalName	Astronomy and Astrophysics	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1051/0004-6361:20030483	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000183507500014	en
dc.identifier.volume	405	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	111	en
dc.identifier.epage	124	en