Issue |
A&A
Volume 433, Number 1, April I 2005
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Page(s) | 205 - 216 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042143 | |
Published online | 14 March 2005 |
High spatial resolution radio continuum observations of compact H
regions in the Magellanic Clouds
1
Observatoire de Genève, 51 chemin des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland e-mail: leticia.martin@obs.unige.ch
2
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Received:
8
October
2004
Accepted:
23
November
2004
We present high spatial resolution observations of the 6 cm continuum emission of compact regions in well-known sites of massive star formation located in the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. The observations include N81 in the SMC, and N4A, N83B, N11A, N160A and N159-5 in the LMC. Some of the compact
regions are isolated, while others are embedded in more diffuse ionised regions. A description of the radio morphology of the sources, together with comparisons with other observations, is given in detail. The regions cover a wide range in size (from ∼0.1 to 7 pc), rms electron density (from ∼200 to 6500 cm-3), emission measure (from ~
to
pc cm-6), ionised gas mass (from ∼0.2 to 750
) and rate of Lyman continuum photons (from ~
to
s-1). The spectral types determined from the Lyman continuum fluxes are consistent with optical determinations. We have compared these Magellanic Cloud
regions with their Galactic counterparts in terms of size, rms electron density and Lyman continuum flux. This comparison shows that their properties relate to each other in the same way as those in Galactic
regions.
Key words: radiation mechanisms: thermal / stars: formation / ISM: HII regions / galaxies: Magellanic Clouds / radio continuum: ISM
© ESO, 2005
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