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The Young Phenomena within the Large Magellanic Cloud

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The most pertinent observations of the very youngest phenomena occurring within the Large Magellanic Cloud are presented. A picture emerges where giant (20–220pc diam.) shells are formed within ≲106 yr by successive supernova explosions, stellar winds and radiation pressure. These chisel their supergiant counterparts out of the >3kpc sheets of HI within periods of 107 yr, by a process of stochastic self-propagating star formation. The massive 30 Doradus nebula and R136 become the nucleus of the young spiral structure formed in this way. Interstellar velocities over a range of 400km s-1within this central complex could be driven predominantly by the stellar wind and radiation pressure of R136 alone, supplemented by all other sources.

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Meaburn, J. (1981). The Young Phenomena within the Large Magellanic Cloud. In: Kahn, F.D. (eds) Investigating the Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 91. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8534-6_3

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