The VMC Survey - XXIV. Signatures of tidally stripped stellar populations from the inner Small Magellanic Cloud

Subramanian, Smitha; Rubele, Stefano; Sun, Ning-Chen; Girardi, L.; de Grijs, Richard; Th. van Loon, Jacco; L. Cioni, Maria-Rosa; E. Piatti, Andrés; Bekki, Kenji; Emerson, Jim; D. Ivanov, V.; O. Kerber, L.; Marconi, M.; Ripepi, V.; L. Tatton, Benjamin

doi:10.1093/mnras/stx205

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The VMC Survey - XXIV. Signatures of tidally stripped stellar populations from the inner Small Magellanic Cloud

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society • Jan 24, 2017

Authors:

Smitha Subramanian

Stefano Rubele

Ning-Chen Sun

Abstract

We study the luminosity function of intermediate-age red clump stars using deep, near-infrared photometric data covering ∼20 deg2 located throughout the central part of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), comprising the main body and the galaxy's eastern wing, based on observations obtained with the V...

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Physics

Astrophysics

Small Magellanic Cloud

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