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The VMC Survey. XXXII. Pre-main-sequence populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Van Loon, J., & Oliveira, J. (2018). The VMC Survey. XXXII. Pre-main-sequence populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833951

Context Detailed studies of intermediate- and low-mass pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars outside the Galaxy have so far been conducted only for small targeted regions harbouring known star formation complexes. The VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (... Read More about The VMC Survey. XXXII. Pre-main-sequence populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

X-ray powder diffraction study of the stability of clathrate hydrates in the presence of salts with relevance to the Martian cryosphere (2018)
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Safi, E., Thompson, S. P., Evans, A., Day, S. J., Murray, C. A., Baker, A. R., …Van Loon, J. T. (2019). X-ray powder diffraction study of the stability of clathrate hydrates in the presence of salts with relevance to the Martian cryosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 245, 304-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.10.034

Water on the present day Martian surface is thought to exist in two thermally distinct sub-surface reservoirs: as ice in the cryosphere and as groundwater located deeper in the crust. These sub-surface environments are thought to contain saline, rath... Read More about X-ray powder diffraction study of the stability of clathrate hydrates in the presence of salts with relevance to the Martian cryosphere.

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XXIX. Massive star formation in the local 30 Doradus starburst (2018)
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Van Loon. (2018). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XXIX. Massive star formation in the local 30 Doradus starburst. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833433

The 30 Doradus (30 Dor) nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is the brightest HII region in the Local Group and a prototype starburst similar to those found in high redshift galaxies. It is thus a stepping stone to understand the complex format... Read More about The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XXIX. Massive star formation in the local 30 Doradus starburst.

The 30 Year Search for the Compact Object in SN 1987A (2018)
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Alp, D., Larsson, J., Fransson, C., Indebetouw, R., Jerkstrand, A., Ahola, A., …Staveley-Smith, L. (2018). The 30 Year Search for the Compact Object in SN 1987A. Astrophysical Journal, 174 -174. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad739

Despite more than 30 years of searching, the compact object in Supernova (SN) 1987A has not yet been detected. We present new limits on the compact object in SN 1987A using millimeter, near-infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray observations from... Read More about The 30 Year Search for the Compact Object in SN 1987A.

ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the LMC. I. Discovery of CO Clumps Associated with X-Ray and Radio Continuum Shells (2018)
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Van Loon. (2018). ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the LMC. I. Discovery of CO Clumps Associated with X-Ray and Radio Continuum Shells. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aacfff

N49 (LHA 120-N49) is a bright X-ray supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We present new 12CO (J = 1–0, 3–2), H i, and 1.4 GHz radio continuum observations of the SNR N49 using Mopra, ASTE, ALMA, and ATCA. We have newly identified th... Read More about ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the LMC. I. Discovery of CO Clumps Associated with X-Ray and Radio Continuum Shells.

Response to Comment on “An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst” (2018)
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Schneider, F. R. N., Sana, H., Evans, C. J., Bestenlehner, J. M., Castro, N., Fossati, L., …Norman, C. (2018). Response to Comment on “An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst”. Science, 361(6400), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat7032

Farr and Mandel reanalyze our data, finding initial mass function slopes for high-mass stars in 30 Doradus that agree with our results. However, their reanalysis appears to underpredict the observed number of massive stars. Their technique results in... Read More about Response to Comment on “An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst”.

The VMC survey – XXXI. The spatially resolved star formation history of the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Rubele, S., Pastorelli, G., Girardi, L., Cioni, M. L., Zaggia, S., Marigo, P., …Van Loon, J. T. (2018). The VMC survey – XXXI. The spatially resolved star formation history of the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(4), 5017-5036. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1279

We recover the spatially resolved star formation history across the entire main body and Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), using 14 deep tile images from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC) in the YJKs filters. The analysis is per... Read More about The VMC survey – XXXI. The spatially resolved star formation history of the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud.

XXX. Stellar proper motions in the central parts of the Small Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Niederhofer, F., Cioni, M., Rubele, S., Schmidt, T., Bekki, K., de Grijs, R., …Zaggia, S. (2018). XXX. Stellar proper motions in the central parts of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 613, Article L8. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833144

We present the first spatially resolved map of stellar proper motions within the central (similar to 3.1 x 2.4 kpc) regions of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The data used for this study encompasses four tiles from the ongoing near-infrared VISTA... Read More about XXX. Stellar proper motions in the central parts of the Small Magellanic Cloud.

The VMC survey XXVIII. Improved measurements of the proper motion of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae (2018)
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Van Loon, J., & Oliveira, J. (2018). The VMC survey XXVIII. Improved measurements of the proper motion of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732144

We use deep multi-epoch point-spread function (PSF) photometry taken with the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) to measure and analyze the proper motions of stars within the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae (47 Tuc, NGC... Read More about The VMC survey XXVIII. Improved measurements of the proper motion of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae.

The VMC Survey. XXIX. Turbulence-controlled Hierarchical Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Van Loon, J., & Oliveira, J. (2018). The VMC Survey. XXIX. Turbulence-controlled Hierarchical Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aabc50

In this paper we report a clustering analysis of upper main-sequence stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, using data from the VMC survey (the VISTA near-infrared YJK s survey of the Magellanic system). Young stellar structures are identified as surfa... Read More about The VMC Survey. XXIX. Turbulence-controlled Hierarchical Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud.