On the mass spectrum of giant molecular clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud

被引：75

作者：

Fukui, Y ^{[1
]}

Mizuno, N ^{[1
]}

Yamaguchi, R ^{[1
]}

Mizuno, A ^{[1
]}

Onishi, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Nagoya Univ, Dept Astrophys, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan

来源：

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN | 2001年 / 53卷 / 06期

基金：

日本学术振兴会;

关键词：

galaxies : ISM; galaxies : Magellanic Clouds; galaxies : structure; ISM : clouds; radio lines : ISM; stars : formation;

D O I：

10.1093/pasj/53.6.L41

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Based on a now sensitive survey of the giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, we derived the mass spectrum for them. In the mass range from similar to 8 x 104 MD to 3 x 106 MD, a power law with an index value of - 1.9 +/- 0.1 shows the best fit to the data. This is consistent with numerical simulations that explain both the HI and CO clumpy distributions by Wada et al. (2000; ApJ, 540, 797), but is significantly steeper than that of the GMCs in the Galaxy. This may be consistent with the drastic dissipation of the GMCs in the LMC due to higher UV radiation fields than in the Galaxy.

引用

页码：L41 / L44

页数：4

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