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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.

The Detection of Hot Cores and Complex Organic Molecules in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Sewiło, M., Indebetouw, R., Charnley, S. B., Zahorecz, S., Oliveira, J. M., Van Loon, J. T., …Schilke, P. (2018). The Detection of Hot Cores and Complex Organic Molecules in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 853(2), L19 -?. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa079

We report the first extragalactic detection of the complex organic molecules (COMs) dimethyl ether (CH3OCH3) and methyl formate (CH3OCHO) with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). These COMs, together with their parent species met... Read More about The Detection of Hot Cores and Complex Organic Molecules in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

A dearth of OH/IR stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Goldman, S. R., Van Loon, J. T., Gómez, J. F., Green, J. A., Zijlstra, A. A., Nanni, A., …Oliveira, J. M. (2018). A dearth of OH/IR stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(3), 3835-3853. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2601

We present the results of targeted observations and a survey of 1612-, 1665-, and 1667-MHz circumstellar OH maser emission from asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and red supergiants (RSGs) in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), using the Parkes and A... Read More about A dearth of OH/IR stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

The VMC Survey. XXVII. Young Stellar Structures in the LMC’s Bar Star-forming Complex (2017)
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Van Loon, J., & Oliveira, J. (2017). The VMC Survey. XXVII. Young Stellar Structures in the LMC’s Bar Star-forming Complex. Astrophysical Journal, 149 -149. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa911e

Star formation is a hierarchical process, forming young stellar structures of star clusters, associations, and complexes over a wide range of scales. The star-forming complex in the bar region of the Large Magellanic Cloud is investigated with upper... Read More about The VMC Survey. XXVII. Young Stellar Structures in the LMC’s Bar Star-forming Complex.

The VMC survey – XXV. The 3D structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud from Classical Cepheids (2017)
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Ripepi, V., Cioni, M. L., Ida Moretti, M., Marconi, M., Bekki, K., Clementini, G., …Van Loon, J. T. (2017). The VMC survey – XXV. The 3D structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud from Classical Cepheids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472(1), 808 -827. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2096

The VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic System (VMC) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of pulsating stars hosted by the two Magellanic Clouds and their connecting bridge. Here, we present Y, J, Ks light curves for a samp... Read More about The VMC survey – XXV. The 3D structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud from Classical Cepheids.

The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Point source classification - III (2017)
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Jones, O., Woods, P., Kemper, F., Kraemer, K., Sloan, G., Srinivasan, S., …Volk, K. (2017). The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Point source classification - III. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(3), 3250 -3282. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1101

The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope observed nearly 800 point sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), taking over 1000 spectra. 197 of these targets were observed as part of the SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program; the re... Read More about The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Point source classification - III.

Properties of CO$_2$ clathrate hydrates formed in the presence of MgSO$_4$ solutions with implications for icy moons (2017)
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Safi, E., Thompson, S., Evans, A., Day, S., Murray, C., Parker, J., …Van Loon, J. T. (2017). Properties of CO$_2$ clathrate hydrates formed in the presence of MgSO$_4$ solutions with implications for icy moons. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 600(A88), https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629791

There is evidence to suggest that clathrate hydrates have a significant effect on the surface geology of icy bodies in the Solar System. However the aqueous environments believed to be present on these bodies are likely to be saline rather than pure... Read More about Properties of CO$_2$ clathrate hydrates formed in the presence of MgSO$_4$ solutions with implications for icy moons.