arxiv: 0706.0620 · v1 · pith:WZLSIHA6new · submitted 2007-06-05 · 🌌 astro-ph

A Hubble View of Star Forming Regions in the Magellanic Clouds

D. A. Gouliermis , Th. Henning , W. Brandner , M. R. Rosa , A. E. Dolphin , M. Schmalzl , E. Hennekemper , H. Zinnecker

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N. Panagia Y.-H. Chu B. Brandl S. P. Quanz M. Robberto G. de Marchi R. A. Gruendl M. Romaniello

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The Magellanic Clouds (MCs) offer an outstanding variety of young stellar associations, in which large samples of low-mass stars (with masses less than 1 solar mass) currently in the act of formation can be resolved and explored sufficiently 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 collection of substantial information on the most recent low-mass star formation and the low-mass IMF in the MCs.

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A Hubble View of Star Forming Regions in the Magellanic Clouds

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