Large Magellanic Cloud Bar: Evidence of a Warped Bar

dc.contributor.author	Subramaniam, A
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-17T11:02:18Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-17T11:02:18Z
dc.date.issued	2003-11
dc.identifier.citation	The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 598, No. 1, pp. L19 - L22	en
dc.identifier.issn	0004 - 637X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3692
dc.description.abstract	The geometry of the LMC bar is studied using the dereddened mean magnitudes of the red clump stars (I0) from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment II catalog. The value of I0 is found to vary in the east-west direction such that both the east and the west end of the bar are closer to us with respect to the center of the bar. The maximum observed variation has a statistical significance of more than 7.6 σ with respect to the maximum value of random error. The variation in I0 indicates the presence of warp in the bar of the LMC. The warp and the structures seen in the bar indicate that the bar could be a dynamically disturbed structure.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The European Southern Observatory	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/380556	en
dc.subject	Galaxies Stellar Content	en
dc.subject	Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds	en
dc.subject	Galaxies: Structure	en
dc.title	Large Magellanic Cloud Bar: Evidence of a Warped Bar	en
dc.type	Article	en