@article{CioniBekkiGirardietal.2016,
  author    = {Cioni, Maria-Rosa L. and Bekki, Kenji and Girardi, Leo and de Grijs, Richard and Irwin, Mike J. and Ivanov, Valentin D. and Marconi, Marcella and Oliveira, Joana M. and Piatti, Andres E. and Ripepi, Vincenzo and van Loon, Jacco Th.},
  title     = {XVII. Proper motions of the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way globular cluster 47 Tucanae},
  series = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics},
  volume    = {586},
  journal   = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics},
  publisher = {EDP Sciences},
  address   = {Les Ulis},
  issn      = {1432-0746},
  doi       = {10.1051/0004-6361/201527004},
  pages     = {67 -- 75},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Aims. In this study we use multi-epoch near-infrared observations from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system (VMC) to measure the proper motions of different stellar populations in a tile of 1.5 deg2 in size in the direction of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tuc. We obtain the proper motion of the cluster itself, of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and of the field Milky Way stars. Methods. Stars of the three main stellar components are selected according to their spatial distributions and their distributions in colour\&\#8722;magnitude diagrams. Their average coordinate displacement is computed from the difference between multiple Ks-band observations for stars as faint as Ks = 19 mag. Proper motions are derived from the slope of the best-fitting line among ten VMC epochs over a time baseline of ~1 yr. Background galaxies are used to calibrate the absolute astrometric reference frame. Results. The resulting absolute proper motion of 47 Tuc is (\&\#956;\&\#945;cos(\&\#948;), \&\#956;\&\#948;) = (+7.26 ± 0.03, \&\#8722;1.25 ± 0.03) mas yr-1. This measurement refers to about 35 000 sources distributed between 10\&\#8242; and 60\&\#8242; from the cluster centre. For the SMC we obtain (\&\#956;\&\#945;cos(\&\#948;), \&\#956;\&\#948;) = (+1.16 ± 0.07, \&\#8722;0.81 ± 0.07) mas yr-1 from about 5250 red clump and red giant branch stars. The absolute proper motion of the Milky Way population in the line of sight (l = 305.9, b = \&\#8722;44.9) of this VISTA tile is (\&\#956;\&\#945;cos(\&\#948;), \&\#956;\&\#948;) = (+10.22 ± 0.14, \&\#8722;1.27 ± 0.12) mas yr-1 and has been calculated from about 4000 sources. Systematic uncertainties associated with the astrometric reference system are 0.18 mas yr-1. Thanks to the proper motion we detect 47 Tuc stars beyond its tidal radius.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EvansvanLoonHainichetal.2015,
  author    = {Evans, Chris J. and van Loon, Jacco Th. and Hainich, Rainer and Bailey, M.},
  title     = {2dF-AAOmega spectroscopy of massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds The north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud},
  series = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  volume    = {584},
  journal   = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  publisher = {EDP Sciences},
  address   = {Les Ulis},
  issn      = {1432-0746},
  doi       = {10.1051/0004-6361/201525882},
  pages     = {19},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {We present spectral classifications from optical spectroscopy of 263 massive stars in the north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The observed two-degree field includes the massive 30 Doradus star-forming region, the environs of SN1987A, and a number of star-forming complexes to the south of 30 Dor. These are the first classifications for the majority (203) of the stars and include eleven double-lined spectroscopic binaries. The sample also includes the first examples of early OC-type spectra (AA Omega 30 Dor 248 and 280), distinguished by the weakness of their nitrogen spectra and by C IV lambda 4658 emission. We propose that these stars have relatively unprocessed CNO abundances compared to morphologically normal O-type stars, indicative of an earlier evolutionary phase. From analysis of observations obtained on two consecutive nights, we present radial-velocity estimates for 233 stars, finding one apparent single-lined binary and nine (>3 sigma) outliers compared to the systemic velocity; the latter objects could be runaway stars or large-amplitude binary systems and further spectroscopy is required to investigate their nature.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FoxBargerWakkeretal.2018,
  author    = {Fox, Andrew J. and Barger, Kathleen A. and Wakker, Bart P. and Richter, Philipp and Antwi-Danso, Jacqueline and Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I. and Howk, J. Christopher and Lehner, Nicolas and Crowther, Paul A. and Lockman, Felix J.},
  title     = {Chemical Abundances in the Leading Arm of the Magellanic Stream},
  series = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  volume    = {854},
  journal   = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {0004-637X},
  doi       = {10.3847/1538-4357/aaa9bb},
  pages     = {14},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {The Leading Arm (LA) of the Magellanic Stream is a vast debris field of H I clouds connecting the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. It represents an example of active gas accretion onto the Galaxy. Previously, only one chemical abundance measurement had been made in the LA. Here we present chemical abundance measurements using Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and Green Bank Telescope spectra of four AGN sightlines passing through the LA and three nearby sightlines that may trace outer fragments of the LA. We find low oxygen abundances, ranging from 4.0+(2.0)(2.0)\% 12.6(4.1)(6.0)\% solar, in the confirmed LA directions, with the lowest values found in the region known as LA III, farthest from the LMC. These abundances are substantially lower than the single previous measurement, S/H = 35 +/- 7\% solar, but are in agreement with those reported in the SMC filament of the trailing Stream, supporting a common origin in the SMC (not the LMC) for the majority of the LA and trailing Stream. This provides important constraints for models of the formation of the Magellanic System. Finally, two of the three nearby sightlines show high-velocity clouds with H I columns, kinematics, and oxygen abundances consistent with LA membership. This suggests that the LA is larger than traditionally thought, extending at least 20 degrees further to the Galactic northwest.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FoxRichterWakkeretal.2013,
  author    = {Fox, Andrew J. and Richter, Philipp and Wakker, Bart P. and Lehner, Nicolas and Howk, J. Christopher and Ben Bekhti, Nadya and Bland-Hawthorn, Joss and Lucas, Stephen},
  title     = {The COS/UVES absorption survey of the magellanic stream - I. One-tenth solar abundances along the body of the stream},
  series = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  volume    = {772},
  journal   = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {0004-637X},
  doi       = {10.1088/0004-637X/772/2/110},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {The Magellanic Stream (MS) is a massive and extended tail of multi-phase gas stripped out of the Magellanic Clouds and interacting with the Galactic halo. In this first paper of an ongoing program to study the Stream in absorption, we present a chemical abundance analysis based on HST/COS and VLT/UVES spectra of four active galactic nuclei (RBS 144, NGC 7714, PHL 2525, and HE 0056-3622) lying behind the MS. Two of these sightlines yield good MS metallicity measurements: toward RBS 144 we measure a low MS metallicity of [S/H] = [S II/H I] = -1.13 +/- 0.16 while toward NGC 7714 we measure [O/H] = [O I/H I] = -1.24 +/- 0.20. Taken together with the published MS metallicity toward NGC 7469, these measurements indicate a uniform abundance of approximate to 0.1 solar along the main body of the Stream. This provides strong support to a scenario in which most of the Stream was tidally stripped from the SMC approximate to 1.5-2.5 Gyr ago (a time at which the SMC had a metallicity of approximate to 0.1 solar), as predicted by several N-body simulations. However, in Paper II of this series, we report a much higher metallicity (S/H = 0.5 solar) in the inner Stream toward Fairall 9, a direction sampling a filament of the MS that Nidever et al. claim can be traced kinematically to the Large Magellanic Cloud, not the Small Magellanic Cloud. This shows that the bifurcation of the Stream is evident in its metal enrichment, as well as its spatial extent and kinematics. Finally we measure a similar low metallicity [O/H] = [O I/H I] = -1.03 +/- 0.18 in the v(LSR) = 150 km s(-1) cloud toward HE 0056-3622, which belongs to a population of anomalous velocity clouds near the south Galactic pole. This suggests these clouds are associated with the Stream or more distant structures (possibly the Sculptor Group, which lies in this direction at the same velocity), rather than tracing foreground Galactic material.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FoxWakkerBargeretal.2014,
  author    = {Fox, Andrew J. and Wakker, Bart P. and Barger, Kathleen A. and Hernandez, Audra K. and Richter, Philipp and Lehner, Nicolas and Bland-Hawthorn, Joss and Charlton, Jane C. and Westmeier, Tobias and Thom, Christopher and Tumlinson, Jason and Misawa, Toru and Howk, J. Christopher and Haffner, L. Matthew and Ely, Justin and Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Paola and Kumari, Nimisha},
  title     = {The COS/UVES absorption survey of the magellanic stream. III. Ionization, total mass, and inflow rate onto the milky way},
  series = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  volume    = {787},
  journal   = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {0004-637X},
  doi       = {10.1088/0004-637X/787/2/147},
  pages     = {31},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Dynamic interactions between the two Magellanic Clouds have flung large quantities of gas into the halo of the Milky Way. The result is a spectacular arrangement of gaseous structures, including the Magellanic Stream, the Magellanic Bridge, and the Leading Arm (collectively referred to as the Magellanic System). In this third paper of a series studying the Magellanic gas in absorption, we analyze the gas ionization level using a sample of 69 Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph sightlines that pass through or within 30 degrees of the 21 cm emitting regions. We find that 81\% (56/69) of the sightlines show UV absorption at Magellanic velocities, indicating that the total cross-section of the Magellanic System is approximate to 11,000 deg(2), or around one-quarter of the entire sky. Using observations of the Si III/Si II ratio together with Cloudy photoionization modeling, we calculate the total gas mass (atomic plus ionized) of the Magellanic System to be approximate to 2.0 x 10(9) M-circle dot (d/55 kpc)(2), with the ionized gas contributing around three times as much mass as the atomic gas. This is larger than the current-day interstellar H I mass of both Magellanic Clouds combined, indicating that they have lost most of their initial gas mass. If the gas in the Magellanic System survives to reach the Galactic disk over its inflow time of similar to 0.5-1.0 Gyr, it will represent an average inflow rate of similar to 3.7-6.7 M-circle dot yr(-1), potentially raising the Galactic star formation rate. However, multiple signs of an evaporative interaction with the hot Galactic corona indicate that the Magellanic gas may not survive its journey to the disk fully intact and will instead add material to (and cool) the corona.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HainichPasemannTodtetal.2015,
  author    = {Hainich, Rainer and Pasemann, Diana and Todt, Helge Tobias and Shenar, Tomer and Sander, Andreas Alexander Christoph and Hamann, Wolf-Rainer},
  title     = {Wolf-Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud I. Analysis of the single WN stars},
  series = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  volume    = {581},
  journal   = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  publisher = {EDP Sciences},
  address   = {Les Ulis},
  issn      = {1432-0746},
  doi       = {10.1051/0004-6361/201526241},
  pages     = {30},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Context. Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars have a severe impact on their environments owing to their strong ionizing radiation fields and powerful stellar winds. Since these winds are considered to be driven by radiation pressure, it is theoretically expected that the degree of the wind mass-loss depends on the initial metallicity of WR stars. Aims. Following our comprehensive studies of WR stars in the Milky Way, M31, and the LMC, we derive stellar parameters and mass-loss rates for all seven putatively single WN stars known in the SMC. Based on these data, we discuss the impact of a low-metallicity environment on the mass loss and evolution of WR stars. Methods. The quantitative analysis of the WN stars is performed with the Potsdam Wolf-Rayet (PoWR) model atmosphere code. The physical properties of our program stars are obtained from fitting synthetic spectra to multi-band observations. Results. In all SMC WN stars, a considerable surface hydrogen abundance is detectable. The majority of these objects have stellar temperatures exceeding 75 kK, while their luminosities range from 10(5.5) to 10(6.1) L-circle dot. The WN stars in the SMC exhibit on average lower mass-loss rates and weaker winds than their counterparts in the Milky Way, M31, and the LMC. Conclusions. By comparing the mass-loss rates derived for WN stars in different Local Group galaxies, we conclude that a clear dependence of the wind mass-loss on the initial metallicity is evident, supporting the current paradigm that WR winds are driven by radiation. A metallicity effect on the evolution of massive stars is obvious from the HRD positions of the SMC WN stars at high temperatures and high luminosities. Standard evolution tracks are not able to reproduce these parameters and the observed surface hydrogen abundances. Homogeneous evolution might provide a better explanation for their evolutionary past.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HainichRuehlingTodtetal.2014,
  author    = {Hainich, Rainer and Ruehling, Ute and Todt, Helge Tobias and Oskinova, Lida and Liermann, A. and Graefener, G. and Foellmi, C. and Schnurr, O. and Hamann, Wolf-Rainer},
  title     = {The Wolf-Rayet stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud - A comprehensive analysis of the WN class},
  series = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  volume    = {565},
  journal   = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  publisher = {EDP Sciences},
  address   = {Les Ulis},
  issn      = {0004-6361},
  doi       = {10.1051/0004-6361/201322696},
  pages     = {62},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Context. Massive stars, although being important building blocks of galaxies, are still not fully understood. This especially holds true for Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars with their strong mass loss, whose spectral analysis requires adequate model atmospheres. Aims. Following our comprehensive studies of the WR stars in the Milky Way, we now present spectroscopic analyses of almost all known WN stars in the LMC. Methods. For the quantitative analysis of the wind-dominated emission-line spectra, we employ the Potsdam Wolf-Rayet (PoWR) model atmosphere code. By fitting synthetic spectra to the observed spectral energy distribution and the available spectra (ultraviolet and optical), we obtain the physical properties of 107 stars. Results. We present the fundamental stellar and wind parameters for an almost complete sample of WN stars in the LMC. Among those stars that are putatively single, two different groups can be clearly distinguished. While 12\% of our sample are more luminous than 10(6) L-circle dot and contain a significant amount of hydrogen, 88\% of the WN stars, with little or no hydrogen, populate the luminosity range between log (L/L-circle dot) = 5.3 ... 5.8. Conclusions. While the few extremely luminous stars (log (L/L-circle dot) > 6), if indeed single stars, descended directly from the main sequence at very high initial masses, the bulk of WN stars have gone through the red-supergiant phase. According to their luminosities in the range of log (L/L-circle dot) = 5.3 ... 5.8, these stars originate from initial masses between 20 and 40 M-circle dot. This mass range is similar to the one found in the Galaxy, i.e. the expected metallicity dependence of the evolution is not seen. Current stellar evolution tracks, even when accounting for rotationally induced mixing, still partly fail to reproduce the observed ranges of luminosities and initial masses. Moreover, stellar radii are generally larger and effective temperatures correspondingly lower than predicted from stellar evolution models, probably due to subphotospheric inflation.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Haupt2020,
  author    = {Haupt, Maria},
  title     = {The Magellanic Clouds in VHE gamma rays as seen by H.E.S.S.},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-47460},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-474601},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {iv, 182},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Das Gebiet der Gammastrahlungsastronomie hat ein neues Fenster in das nicht-thermische Universum geöffnet, welches erlaubt, die Beschleunigungsorte der kosmischen Strahlung und ihrer Rolle in evolutionären Prozessen in Galaxien zu untersuchen. Der Nachweis von fast einhundert sehr hochenergetischen Gammastrahlungsquellen in unserer Milchstraße zeigt, dass Teilchenbeschleunigung bis in den zweistelligen TeV-Energiebereich ein häufiges Phänomen ist. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus hat der Nachweis von sehr hochenergetischer Gammastrahlung von anderen Galaxien bestätigt, dass die kosmische Strahlung nicht ausschließlich in der Milchstraße beschleunigt wird. Die rasante Entwicklung der Gammastrahlungsastronomie in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten f{\"u}hrte zu einem Übergang von der Detektion und Untersuchung einzelner Quellen hin zu Quellpopulationsstudien. Um die Frage zu beantworten, ob die Quellpopulationen hochenergetischer Gammastrahlung in der Milchstraße einzigartig sind, sind Beobachtungen von anderen Galaxien erforderlich, f{\"u}r die es möglich ist, trotz ihrer Entfernung, einzelne Quellen aufzulösen. Die Magellanschen Wolken, zwei Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße, sind solche Galaxien, welche im letzten Jahrzehnt durch das H.E.S.S.-Experiment intensiv beobachtet wurden. In dieser Arbeit werden die Daten von insgesamt 450 Stunden H.E.S.S.-Beobachtungen der Großen Magellanschen Wolke und der Kleinen Magellanschen Wolke vorgestellt. Während der Analyse der Datensätze wird besonderer Wert auf die Evaluierung der systematischen Unsicherheiten des Experiments gelegt, um eine unverfälschte Flussabschätzung der potentiellen hochenergetischen Gammastrahlungsquellen der Magellanschen Wolken zu gewährleisten. Die detaillierte Analyse der Beobachtungen f{\"u}hrte zur Detektion hochenergetischer Gammastrahlung des Binärsystems LMC P3 in der Großen Magellanschen Wolke und erhöht somit die Anzahl der detektierten Gammastrahlungsquellen in dieser Galaxie auf vier. Dieses neuentdeckte Binärsystem ist das bisher leuchtstärkste in der Quellklasse der Gammastrahlungsbinärsysteme. F{\"u}r keine andere Quelle in den Magellanschen Wolken wird hochenergetische Gammastrahlung nachgewiesen und es werden Obergrenzen auf den integralen Fluss ermittelt. Diese Flussobergrenzen werden verwendet, um Populationsstudien auf der Grundlage bekannter hochenergetischer Quellklassen sowie bestehender Quellkataloge anderer Wellenlängen durchzuf{\"u}hren. Ein systematischer Vergleich zwischen den Quellpopulationen der Magellanschen Wolken und der Milchstraße ergab, dass keine andere Quelle der Magellanschen Wolken so leuchtstark ist wie die leuchtstärkste hochenergetische Gammastrahlungsquelle in der LMC: der Pulsarwindnebel N157B. Des Weiteren ist ein Drittel der untersuchten Quellpopulation der Magellanschen Wolken weniger leuchtstark als die vier bekannten Gammastrahlungsquellen in der Großen Magellanschen Wolke. F{\"u}r einige wenige Quellen kann gezeigt werden, dass sie weniger leuchtstark sind als die leuchtstärksten Objekte in der Milchstraße, deren Leuchtkraft um mehr als eine Größenordnung schwächer ist als die der detektierten Quellen in der Großen Magellanschen Wolke. Basierend auf den Flussobergrenzen werden Unterschiede in den Quellpopulationen der Magellanschen Wolken und der Milchstraße sowie die Bedeutung der Quellumgebungen diskutiert.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HenaultBrunetOskinovaGuerreroetal.2012,
  author    = {Henault-Brunet, V. and Oskinova, Lida and Guerrero, Mart{\´i}n A. and Sun, W. and Chu, Y.-H. and Evans, C. J. and Gallagher, J. S. and Gruendl, R. A. and Reyes-Iturbide, J.},
  title     = {Discovery of a Be/X-ray pulsar binary and associated supernova remnant in the wing of the small magellanic cloud},
  series = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  volume    = {420},
  journal   = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Malden},
  issn      = {0035-8711},
  doi       = {10.1111/j.1745-3933.2011.01183.x},
  pages     = {L13 -- L17},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {We report on a new Be/X-ray pulsar binary located in the Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The strong pulsed X-ray source was discovered with the Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observatories. The X-ray pulse period of 1062 s is consistently determined from both Chandra and XMM-Newton observations, revealing one of the slowest rotating X-ray pulsars known in the SMC. The optical counterpart of the X-ray source is the emission-line star 2dFS 3831. Its B0-0.5(III)e+ spectral type is determined from VLT-FLAMES and 2dF optical spectroscopy, establishing the system as a Be/X-ray binary (Be-XRB). The hard X-ray spectrum is well fitted by a power law with additional thermal and blackbody components, the latter reminiscent of persistent Be-XRBs. This system is the first evidence of a recent supernova in the low-density surroundings of NGC602. We detect a shell nebula around 2dFS 3831 in H alpha and [OIII] images and conclude that it is most likely a supernova remnant. If it is linked to the supernova explosion that created this new X-ray pulsar, its kinematic age of (2-4) x 10(4) yr provides a constraint on the age of the pulsar.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{IvanovCioniBekkietal.2016,
  author    = {Ivanov, Valentin D. and Cioni, Maria-Rosa L. and Bekki, Kenji and de Grijs, Richard and Emerson, Jim and Gibson, Brad K. and Kamath, Devika and van Loon, Jacco Th. and Piatti, Andres E. and For, Bi-Qing},
  title     = {New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds. Spectroscopic confirmation of near-infrared selected candidates},
  series = {Current biology},
  volume    = {588},
  journal   = {Current biology},
  publisher = {EDP Sciences},
  address   = {Les Ulis},
  issn      = {1432-0746},
  doi       = {10.1051/0004-6361/201527398},
  pages     = {12},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Context. Quasi-stellar objects (quasars) located behind nearby galaxies provide an excellent absolute reference system for astrometric studies, but they are difficult to identify because of fore-and background contamination. Deep wide-field, high angular resolution surveys spanning the entire area of nearby galaxies are needed to obtain a complete census of such quasars. Aims. We embarked on a program to expand the quasar reference system behind the Large and the Small Magellanic Clouds, the Magellanic Bridge, and the Magellanic Stream that connects the Clouds with the Milky Way. Methods. Hundreds of quasar candidates were selected based on their near-infrared colors and variability properties from the ongoing public ESO VISTA Magellanic Clouds survey. A subset of 49 objects was followed up with optical spectroscopy. Results. We confirmed the quasar nature of 37 objects (34 new identifications): four are low redshift objects, three are probably stars, and the remaining three lack prominent spectral features for a secure classification. The bona fide quasars, identified from their broad emisison lines, are located as follows: 10 behind the LMC, 13 behind the SMC, and 14 behind the Bridge. The quasars span a redshift range from z similar to 0.5 to z similar to 4.1. Conclusions. Upon completion the VMC survey is expected to yield a total of similar to 1500 quasars with Y < 19.32 mag, J < 19.09 mag, and K-s < 18.04 mag.},
  language  = {en}
}