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Origin of structural and kinematical properties of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Kenji Bekki, Masashi Chiba
We investigate structural, kinematical, and chemical properties of stars and gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) interacting with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Galax…
Formation of the Small Magellanic Cloud: ancient major merger as a solution to the kinematical differences between old stars and HI gas
Kenji Bekki, Masashi Chiba
Recent observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) have revealed that the HI gas shows a significant amount of rotation (V_c 60 km/s), while no or little rotation is evident f…
The Magellanic impact: Collision between the outer Galactic HI disk and the leading arms of the Magellanic stream
Kenji Bekki, Masashi Chiba, N. M. McClure-Griffiths
We show that collisions between the outer Galactic HI disk and the leading arms (LAs) of the Magellanic stream (MS) can create giant HI holes and chimney-like structures in the dis…
The Magellanic Squall: Gas Replenishment from the Small to Large Magellanic Cloud
Kenji Bekki, Masashi Chiba
We first show that a large amount of metal-poor gas is stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and fallen into the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) during the tidal interaction…