Improved VMC proper motions show SMC expansion along SE-NW axes consistent with LMC tides, radial inward motions with no rotation, and northward motion in older RGB stars from a prior interaction.
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The VMC survey -- LV. The coherent expansion of the SMC
Improved VMC proper motions show SMC expansion along SE-NW axes consistent with LMC tides, radial inward motions with no rotation, and northward motion in older RGB stars from a prior interaction.