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Massive young stellar objects in the Local Group spiral galaxy M 33 identified using machine learning (2022)
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Kinson, D., Oliveira, J., & Van Loon, J. (2022). Massive young stellar objects in the Local Group spiral galaxy M 33 identified using machine learning. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 140 - 160. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2692

We present a supervised machine learning classification of stellar populations in the Local Group spiral galaxy M?33. The Probabilistic Random Forest (PRF) methodology, previously applied to populations in NGC?6822, utilizes both near and far-IR clas... Read More about Massive young stellar objects in the Local Group spiral galaxy M 33 identified using machine learning.

The VMC survey - XLIX. Discovery of a population of quasars dominated by nuclear dust emission behind the Magellanic Clouds (2022)
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Pennock, C. M., Th van Loon, J., Anih, J. O., Maitra, C., Haberl, F., Sansom, A. E., …Vardoulaki, E. (2022). The VMC survey - XLIX. Discovery of a population of quasars dominated by nuclear dust emission behind the Magellanic Clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(4), 6046-6065. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2096

Following the discovery of SAGE0536AGN (z ∼ 0.14), with the strongest 10-μm silicate emission ever observed for an active galactic nucleus (AGN), we discovered SAGE0534AGN (z ∼ 1.01), a similar AGN but with less extreme silicate emission. Both were o... Read More about The VMC survey - XLIX. Discovery of a population of quasars dominated by nuclear dust emission behind the Magellanic Clouds.

The Detection of Deuterated Water in the Large Magellanic Cloud with ALMA (2022)
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Sewiło, M., Karska, A., Kristensen, L. E., Charnley, S. B., Rosie Chen, C., Oliveira, J. M., …Garcia-Berrios, E. (2022). The Detection of Deuterated Water in the Large Magellanic Cloud with ALMA. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6de1

We report the first detection of deuterated water (HDO) toward an extragalactic hot core. The HDO 211–212 line has been detected toward hot cores N 105–2 A and 2 B in the N 105 star-forming region in the low-metallicity Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) d... Read More about The Detection of Deuterated Water in the Large Magellanic Cloud with ALMA.

The intrinsic reddening of the Magellanic Clouds as traced by background galaxies – III. The Large Magellanic Cloud (2022)
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Van Loon, Bell, C. P. M., Cioni, M. L., Wright, A. H., Nidever, D. L., Chiang, I., …Zaritsky, D. (2022). The intrinsic reddening of the Magellanic Clouds as traced by background galaxies – III. The Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 516(1), 824-840. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1545

We present a map of the total intrinsic reddening across ≃ 90 deg2 of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) derived using optical (ugriz) and near-infrared (IR; YJKs) spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of background galaxies. The reddening map is create... Read More about The intrinsic reddening of the Magellanic Clouds as traced by background galaxies – III. The Large Magellanic Cloud.

ALMA Observations of Molecular Complexity in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The N 105 Star-forming Region (2022)
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Sewiło, M., Cordiner, M., Charnley, S. B., Oliveira, J. M., Garcia-Berrios, E., Schilke, P., …Zahorecz, S. (2022). ALMA Observations of Molecular Complexity in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The N 105 Star-forming Region. Astrophysical Journal, 931(2), Article 102. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4e8f

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is the nearest laboratory for detailed studies on the formation and survival of complex organic molecules (COMs), including biologically important ones, in low-metallicity environments-typical of earlier cosmological... Read More about ALMA Observations of Molecular Complexity in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The N 105 Star-forming Region.

The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey II: Constructing a volume-limited sample and first results from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (2022)
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Van Loon. (2022). The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey II: Constructing a volume-limited sample and first results from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1091 - 1110. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2860

The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS) is a volume-complete sample of ~850 Galactic evolved stars within 3?kpc at (sub-)mm wavelengths, observed in the CO J = (2–1) and (3–2) rotational lines, and the sub-mm continuum, using the James Clark Maxwell T... Read More about The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey II: Constructing a volume-limited sample and first results from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope.

The VMC survey - XLVI. Stellar proper motions in the centre of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2022)
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Niederhofer, F., Cioni, M. L., Schmidt, T., Bekki, K., de Grijs, R., Ivanov, V. D., …Van Loon, J. T. (2022). The VMC survey - XLVI. Stellar proper motions in the centre of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(4), 5423-5439. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac712

We present proper motion (PM) measurements within the central region of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using near-infrared data from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system (VMC). This work encompasses 18 VMC tiles covering a total sky are... Read More about The VMC survey - XLVI. Stellar proper motions in the centre of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The EDIBLES survey V: Line profile variations in the λλ5797, 6379, and 6614 diffuse interstellar bands as a tool to constrain carrier sizes (2022)
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MacIsaac, H., Cami, J., Cox, N. L., Farhang, A., Smoker, J., Elyajouri, M., …Smith, K. T. (2022). The EDIBLES survey V: Line profile variations in the λλ5797, 6379, and 6614 diffuse interstellar bands as a tool to constrain carrier sizes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142225

Context. Several diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) have profiles with resolved sub-peaks that resemble rotational bands of large molecules. Analysis of these profiles can constrain the sizes and geometries of the DIB carriers, especially if the profi... Read More about The EDIBLES survey V: Line profile variations in the λλ5797, 6379, and 6614 diffuse interstellar bands as a tool to constrain carrier sizes.

The VMC survey – XLVIII. Classical cepheids unveil the 3D geometry of the LMC (2022)
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Van Loon. (2022). The VMC survey – XLVIII. Classical cepheids unveil the 3D geometry of the LMC. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 563 - 582. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac595

We employed the VISTA near-infrared YJK(s) survey of the Magellanic System (VMC) to analyse the Y, J, and K-s light curves of delta Cepheid stars (DCEPs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Our sample consists of 4408 objects accounting for 97 per c... Read More about The VMC survey – XLVIII. Classical cepheids unveil the 3D geometry of the LMC.

The VMC survey – XLVII. Turbulence-controlled hierarchical star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2022)
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Miller, A. E., Cioni, M. L., de Grijs, R., Sun, N., Bell, C. P. M., Choudhury, S., …Van Loon, J. T. (2022). The VMC survey – XLVII. Turbulence-controlled hierarchical star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(1), 1196-1213. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac508

We perform a statistical clustering analysis of upper main-sequence stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using data from the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy survey of the Magellanic Clouds. We map over 2500 young stellar stru... Read More about The VMC survey – XLVII. Turbulence-controlled hierarchical star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Evolutionary map of the Universe (EMU): 18-cm OH-maser discovery in ASKAP continuum images of the SCORPIO field (2022)
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Ingallinera, A., Cavallaro, F., Loru, S., Marvil, J., Umana, G., Trigilio, C., …Van Loon, J. T. (2022). Evolutionary map of the Universe (EMU): 18-cm OH-maser discovery in ASKAP continuum images of the SCORPIO field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 512(1), L21-L26. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slac017

Low- and intermediate-mass stars end their life dispersing their outer layers into the circumstellar medium, during the asymptotic and post-asymptotic giant branch phases. OH masers at 18 cm offer an effective way to probe their circumstellar environ... Read More about Evolutionary map of the Universe (EMU): 18-cm OH-maser discovery in ASKAP continuum images of the SCORPIO field.

GASKAP-HI pilot survey science I: ASKAP zoom observations of Hi emission in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2022)
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Van Loon. (2022). GASKAP-HI pilot survey science I: ASKAP zoom observations of Hi emission in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2021.59

We present the most sensitive and detailed view of the neutral hydrogen (HI) emission associated with the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), through the combination of data from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and Parkes (Murriyan... Read More about GASKAP-HI pilot survey science I: ASKAP zoom observations of Hi emission in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. II. The Star-formation History of Andromeda I Derived from Long-period Variables (2021)
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Van Loon. (2021). The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. II. The Star-formation History of Andromeda I Derived from Long-period Variables. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2d96

An optical monitoring survey in the nearby dwarf galaxies was carried out with the 2.5 m Isaac Newton Telescope. 55 dwarf galaxies and four isolated globular clusters in the Local Group were observed with the Wide Field Camera. The main aims of this... Read More about The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. II. The Star-formation History of Andromeda I Derived from Long-period Variables.

Families and clusters of diffuse interstellar bands: a data-driven correlation analysis (2021)
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Van Loon. (2021). Families and clusters of diffuse interstellar bands: a data-driven correlation analysis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3546 - 3560. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3651

More than 500 diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) have been observed in astronomical spectra, and their signatures and correlations in different environments have been studied over the past decades to reveal clues about the nature of the carriers. We c... Read More about Families and clusters of diffuse interstellar bands: a data-driven correlation analysis.

Radio continuum sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud (2021)
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Van Loon. (2021). Radio continuum sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2885 - 2904. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2249

We present a comprehensive multifrequency catalogue of radio sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) between 0.2 and 20 GHz, gathered from a combination of new and legacy radio continuum surveys. This catalogue covers an area of ~144 deg2 at... Read More about Radio continuum sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud.