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Characterising the Protostellar Population of the Magellanic Clouds with VLT/SINFONI (2015)
Journal Article
Ward, J., Oliveira, J., van Loon, J., & Sewilo, M. (2015). Characterising the Protostellar Population of the Magellanic Clouds with VLT/SINFONI. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 11(S315), https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921316008449

At distances of ~50 kpc and ~60 kpc for the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) respectively the Magellanic Clouds present us with a unique opportunity to study star formation in environments outside our own galaxy. Through... Read More about Characterising the Protostellar Population of the Magellanic Clouds with VLT/SINFONI.

Young Stellar Objects in the Magellanic Clouds: Herschel Spectroscopy First Results (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Oliveira, J. M., van Loon, J. T., & Sewiło, M. (2015). Young Stellar Objects in the Magellanic Clouds: Herschel Spectroscopy First Results. . https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921316008231

We present preliminary results from spectroscopy obtained with PACS and SPIRE onboard the Herschel Space Observatory of a sample of massive Young Stellar Objects in the Magellanic Clouds. We analyse key gas-phase cooling species (OI], [CII], H2O, CO,... Read More about Young Stellar Objects in the Magellanic Clouds: Herschel Spectroscopy First Results.

Spitzer infrared spectrograph point source classification in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2015)
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Ruffle, P. M., Kemper, F., Jones, O., Sloan, G., Kraemer, K., Woods, P. M., …Zijlstra, A. (2015). Spitzer infrared spectrograph point source classification in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451(4), 3504 -3536. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1106

The Magellanic Clouds are uniquely placed to study the stellar contribution to dust emission. Individual stars can be resolved in these systems even in the mid-infrared, and they are close enough to allow detection of infrared excess caused by dust.... Read More about Spitzer infrared spectrograph point source classification in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59 (2015)
Journal Article
Van Loon. (2015). The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1338 - 1348. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv690

Low-luminosity galaxies may be the building blocks of more luminous systems. Southern African Large Telescope observations of the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59 are obtained and analysed. These data are used to measure the stellar populatio... Read More about The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59.

A STUBBORNLY LARGE MASS OF COLD DUST IN THE EJECTA OF SUPERNOVA 1987A (2015)
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Matsuura, M., Dwek, E., Barlow, M. J., Babler, B., Baes, M., Meixner, M., …Yates, J. A. A STUBBORNLY LARGE MASS OF COLD DUST IN THE EJECTA OF SUPERNOVA 1987A. Astrophysical Journal, 800(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/800/1/50

We present new Herschel photometric and spectroscopic observations of Supernova 1987A, carried out in 2012. Our dedicated photometric measurements provide new 70 μm data and improved imaging quality at 100 and 160 μm compared to previous observations... Read More about A STUBBORNLY LARGE MASS OF COLD DUST IN THE EJECTA OF SUPERNOVA 1987A.

ERRATUM: “THE HERSCHEL INVENTORY OF THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION (HERITAGE) IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, A HERSCHEL OPEN TIME KEY PROGRAM” (2013, AJ, 146, 62) (2015)
Journal Article
Meixner, M., Panuzzo, P., Roman-Duval, J., Engelbracht, C., Babler, B., Seale, J., …Whitney, B. (2015). ERRATUM: “THE HERSCHEL INVENTORY OF THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION (HERITAGE) IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, A HERSCHEL OPEN TIME KEY PROGRAM” (2013, AJ, 146, 62). Astronomical Journal, 149(2), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/149/2/88

We provide a corrected Table 4 that lists the total galaxy fluxes for the HERTIAGE bands and corresponding Figure 19 which plots these fluxes in comparison to prior measurements These corrected fluxes differ by up to 41% to what we reported in the or... Read More about ERRATUM: “THE HERSCHEL INVENTORY OF THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION (HERITAGE) IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, A HERSCHEL OPEN TIME KEY PROGRAM” (2013, AJ, 146, 62).

HERschelKEY PROGRAM HERITAGE: A FAR-INFRARED SOURCE CATALOG FOR THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS (2014)
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Seale, J. P., Meixner, M., Sewiło, M., Babler, B., Engelbracht, C. W., Gordon, K., …Woods, P. M. (in press). HERschelKEY PROGRAM HERITAGE: A FAR-INFRARED SOURCE CATALOG FOR THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. Astronomical Journal, 148(6), 124. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/148/6/124

Observations from the HERschel Inventory of the Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE) have been used to identify dusty populations of sources in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC). We conducted the study using the HERITAGE catalogs o... Read More about HERschelKEY PROGRAM HERITAGE: A FAR-INFRARED SOURCE CATALOG FOR THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS.

Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys★ (2014)
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Muraveva, T., Clementini, G., Maceroni, C., Evans, C. J., Moretti, M. I., Cioni, M. L., …van Loon, J. T. (2014). Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443(1), 432-445. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1151

We present a catalogue of 1768 eclipsing binary stars (EBs) detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by the second generation of the EROS survey (hereinafter EROS-2); 493 of them are new discoveries located in outer regions (out of the central ba... Read More about Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys★.

THE VMC SURVEY. XI. RADIAL STELLAR POPULATION GRADIENTS IN THE GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUCANAE (2014)
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Li, C., de Grijs, R., Deng, L., Rubele, S., Wang, C., Bekki, K., …van Loon, J. T. (in press). THE VMC SURVEY. XI. RADIAL STELLAR POPULATION GRADIENTS IN THE GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUCANAE. Astrophysical Journal, 790(1), 35. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/790/1/35

We present a deep near-infrared color–magnitude diagram of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae, obtained with the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) as part of the VISTA near-infrared Y, J, Ks survey of the Magellanic Sy... Read More about THE VMC SURVEY. XI. RADIAL STELLAR POPULATION GRADIENTS IN THE GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUCANAE.

Spitzer View Of Massive Star Formation In The Tidally Stripped Magellanic Bridge (2014)
Journal Article
Rosie Chen, C., Indebetouw, R., Muller, E., Kawamura, A., Gordon, K. D., Sewiło, M., …Van Loon, J. (2014). Spitzer View Of Massive Star Formation In The Tidally Stripped Magellanic Bridge. Astrophysical Journal, 785(2), Article 162. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/162

The Magellanic Bridge is the nearest low-metallicity, tidally stripped environment, offering a unique high-resolution view of physical conditions in merging and forming galaxies. In this paper, we present an analysis of candidate massive young stella... Read More about Spitzer View Of Massive Star Formation In The Tidally Stripped Magellanic Bridge.

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XVI. The optical and NIR extinction laws in 30 Doradus and the photometric determination of the effective temperatures of OB stars⋆ (2014)
Journal Article
Maíz Apellániz, J., Evans, C. J., Barbá, R. H., Gräfener, G., Bestenlehner, J. M., Crowther, P. A., …Walborn, N. R. (2014). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XVI. The optical and NIR extinction laws in 30 Doradus and the photometric determination of the effective temperatures of OB stars⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 564, A63. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423439

Context. The commonly used extinction laws of Cardelli et al. (1989, ApJ, 345, 245) have limitations that, among other issues, hamper the determination of the effective temperatures of O and early B stars from optical and near-infrared (NIR) photomet... Read More about The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XVI. The optical and NIR extinction laws in 30 Doradus and the photometric determination of the effective temperatures of OB stars⋆.

The VMC survey IX. Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data (2014)
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Cioni, M., Girardi, L., Moretti, M., Piffl, T., Ripepi, V., Rubele, S., …Van Loon, J. (2014). The VMC survey IX. Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 562, Article A32. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322100

Context. Proper motion (PM) studies are fundamental ingredients in the understanding of the orbital history of galaxies. Current measurements do not yet provide a satisfactory answer to the possible scenarios for the formation and evolution of the Ma... Read More about The VMC survey IX. Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data.

Molecular hydrogen emission in the interstellar medium of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2014)
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Naslim, N., Kemper, F., Madden, S. C., Hony, S., Chu, Y., Galliano, F., …Reach, W. T. (2014). Molecular hydrogen emission in the interstellar medium of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(3), 2490 - 2504. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2276

We present the detection and analysis of molecular hydrogen emission towards ten interstellar regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We examined low-resolution infrared spectral maps of 12 regions obtained with the Spitzer infrared spectrograph (IRS)... Read More about Molecular hydrogen emission in the interstellar medium of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The VMC Survey – X. Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and binaries as probes of the Magellanic System's structure★ (2013)
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Moretti, M. I., Clementini, G., Muraveva, T., Ripepi, V., Marquette, J. B., Cioni, M. L., …van Loon, J. T. (2013). The VMC Survey – X. Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and binaries as probes of the Magellanic System's structure★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(3), 2702-2719. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2081

The VISTA near-infrared Y, J, Ks survey of the Magellanic System (VMC) survey is obtaining multi-epoch photometry in the Ks band of the Magellanic System down to a limiting magnitude of Ks ∼ 19.3 for individual epoch data. The observations are spaced... Read More about The VMC Survey – X. Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and binaries as probes of the Magellanic System's structure★.

SURVEYING THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION IN THE TIDALLY STRIPPED, LOW METALLICITY SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD (SAGE-SMC). III. YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS (2013)
Journal Article
Sewiło, M., Carlson, L. R., Seale, J. P., Indebetouw, R., Meixner, M., Whitney, B. A., …Shiao, B. (in press). SURVEYING THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION IN THE TIDALLY STRIPPED, LOW METALLICITY SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD (SAGE-SMC). III. YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS. Astrophysical Journal, 778(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/778/1/15

The Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy Program SAGE-SMC allows global studies of resolved stellar populations in the SMC in a different environment than our Galaxy. Using the SAGE-SMC IRAC (3.6–8.0 μm) and MIPS (24 and 70 μm) catalogs and images combined... Read More about SURVEYING THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION IN THE TIDALLY STRIPPED, LOW METALLICITY SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD (SAGE-SMC). III. YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS.

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus (2013)
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Doran, E. I., Crowther, P. A., de Koter, A., Evans, C. J., McEvoy, C., Walborn, N. R., …Vink, J. S. (2013). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 558, Article A134. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321824

Context. The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey has an extensive view of the copious number of massive stars in the 30 Doradus (30 Dor) star forming region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. These stars play a crucial role in our understanding of the stellar fe... Read More about The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus.

The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program (2013)
Journal Article
Meixner, M., Panuzzo, P., Roman-Duval, J., Engelbracht, C., Babler, B., Seale, J., …Whitney, B. (2013). The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program. Astronomical Journal, 146(3), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/146/3/62

We present an overview of the HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE) in the Magellanic Clouds project, which is a Herschel Space Observatory open time key program. We mapped the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellan... Read More about The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program.

CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A (2013)
Journal Article
Kamenetzky, J., McCray, R., Indebetouw, R., Barlow, M. J., Matsuura, M., Baes, M., …Zanardo, G. (in press). CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 773(2), L34. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/773/2/l34

We report spectroscopic and imaging observations of rotational transitions of cold CO and SiO in the ejecta of SN1987A, the first such emission detected in a supernova remnant. In addition to line luminosities for the CO J = 1–0, 2–1, 6–5, and 7–6 tr... Read More about CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A.

DUSTY OB STARS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. I. OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY REVEALS PREDOMINANTLY MAIN-SEQUENCE OB STARS (2013)
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Sheets, H. A., Bolatto, A. D., van Loon, J. T., Sandstrom, K., Simon, J. D., Oliveira, J. M., & Barbá, R. H. (in press). DUSTY OB STARS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. I. OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY REVEALS PREDOMINANTLY MAIN-SEQUENCE OB STARS. Astrophysical Journal, 771(2), Article 111. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/771/2/111

We present the results of optical spectroscopic follow-up of 125 candidate main sequence OB stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) that were originally identified in the S3MC infrared imaging survey as showing an excess of emission at 24 μm indica... Read More about DUSTY OB STARS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. I. OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY REVEALS PREDOMINANTLY MAIN-SEQUENCE OB STARS.