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Deep VISTA observations of the Magellanic Clouds (VMCDeep)
M. -R. L. Cioni, A. O. Omkumar, N. J. G. Cross +28
The central regions of galaxies challenge observers with a high density of stars, gas and dust. The LMC hosts a dense stellar bar whereas the SMC hosts a dense core, which have elu…
The VMC survey -- LV. The coherent expansion of the SMC
S. Vijayasree, F. Niederhofer, M. -R. L. Cioni +8
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) exhibits significant kinematic disequilibrium due to interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Here, we investigate the two-dimensional s…
The VMC survey -- LIII. Data release #7. Complete survey data and data from additional programmes
M. -R. L. Cioni, N. J. G. Cross, V. Ripepi +29
The near-infrared YJKs Visual and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC) is complete and there are also data from additional programm…
The VMC survey -- LIV. The internal kinematics of the LMC with new VISTA observations
S. Vijayasree, F. Niederhofer, M. -R. L. Cioni +10
Context: Studying the internal kinematics of galaxies provides insights into their past evolution, current dynamics, and future trajectory. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), as the…
The VMC Survey : LI. Classifying extragalactic sources using a probabilistic random forest supervised machine learning algorithm
Clara M. Pennock, Jacco Th. van Loon, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni +10
We used a supervised machine learning algorithm (probabilistic random forest) to classify ~130 million sources in the VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC). We used multi-wav…
An automated method to detect and characterise semi-resolved star clusters
Amy E. Miller, Zachary Slepian, Elizabeth A. Lada +8
We present a novel method for automatically detecting and characterising semi-resolved star clusters: clusters where the observational point-spread function (PSF) is smaller than t…
New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds. II. Spectroscopic confirmation of 136 near-infrared selected candidates
Valentin D. Ivanov, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Michel Dennefeld +6
Quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) are a basis for an absolute reference system for astrometric studies. There is a need for creating such system behind nearby galaxies, to facilitate th…
The VMC survey -- XLVI. Stellar proper motions in the centre of the Large Magellanic Cloud
F. Niederhofer, M. -R. L. Cioni, T. Schmidt +7
We present proper motion (PM) measurements within the central region of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using near-infrared data from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud syst…
The VMC survey -- XXXVIII. Proper motion of the Magellanic Bridge
Thomas Schmidt, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Florian Niederhofer +14
The Magellanic Clouds are a nearby pair of interacting dwarf galaxies and satellites of the Milky Way. Studying their kinematic properties is essential to understanding their origi…
The VMC Survey - XX. Identification of new Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud
M. I. Moretti, G. Clementini, V. Ripepi +9
We present Ks -band light curves for 299 Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) of which 288 are new discoveries that we have identified using multi-epoch near-infrared photo…
The VMC Survey. XIII. Type II Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud
V. Ripepi, M. I. Moretti, M. Marconi +9
The VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds System (VMC) is collecting deep --band time--series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted in the system formed b…
The VMC survey -IX. Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data
M. -R. L. Cioni, L. Girardi, M. I. Moretti +9
We use multi-epoch near-infrared observations from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system (VMC) to measure the proper motion of stars of the LMC, in one tile of 1.5 deg^2…
The VMC Survey - VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system
M. -R. L. Cioni, D. Kamath, S. Rubele +8
The number and spatial distribution of confirmed quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) behind the Magellanic system is limited. This undermines their use as astrometric reference objects fo…
The VMC Survey IV. The LMC star formation history and disk geometry from four VMC tiles
S. Rubele, L. Kerber, L. Girardi +13
We derive the star formation history for several regions of the LMC, using deep near-infrared data from the VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic system (VMC). The regi…
The VMC survey III. Mass-loss rates and luminosities of LMC AGB stars
M. Gullieuszik, M. A. T. Groenewegen, M. -R. L. Cioni +7
Dust radiative transfer models are presented for all 374 AGB stars candidates in one of the fields observed by the new VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC). Mass-loss rates,…
The Magellanic Clouds as a template for the study of stellar populations and galaxy interactions
M. -R. L. Cioni, K. Bekki, G. Clementini +18
The Magellanic System represents one of the best places to study the formation and evolution of galaxies. Photometric surveys of various depths, areas and wavelengths have had a si…