The sharpest view of the LMC at radio frequencies with the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
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The sharpest view of the LMC at radio frequencies with the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
Date Submitted
2021-04-30 15:11:00
Clara Marie
Pennock
Keele University
Exploring the Magellanic Clouds
Contributed
A. Clara M. Pennock (Keele University), B. Jacco Th. van Loon (Keele University)
The Large Magellanic Cloud has been observed at 888 MHz at unprecedented depth and resolution as part of the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) early science observations with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). We present detections of planetary nebulae, young stellar objects, novae and X-ray binaries in the LMC. We present examples of extended diffuse emission (e.g. HII regions, supernova remnants, bubbles) and extragalactic sources, where detail and low surface brightness structures reveal spectacular interaction between jets and intracluster medium. The radio source lists created from these images are dominated by background objects; where we find that star-forming galaxies become more prominent among the radio-faint population compared to active galactic nuclei. These images show great potential for further study of the Magellanic Clouds and beyond.
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