| Type |
Conference Paper |
| Names |
Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo, J. Charlton, T. Misawa, P. Richter, C. Kobulnicky, B. Wakker |
| Proceedings Title |
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society |
| Conference Name |
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #345.04 |
| Volume |
43 |
| Date |
January 1, 2011 |
| URL |
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21734504R |
| Library Catalog |
NASA ADS |
| Abstract |
The Magellanic Bridge is a physical connection between the Large
Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. It is known to contain
a young stellar population that was probably formed in local molecular
clouds. High column density of neutral hydrogen (H I) in the Magellanic
Bridge also suggests it could be a local counterpart of Damped Lya (DLA)
systems, mysterious H I gas reservoirs at high-z . We carry out an
analysis of VLT/UVES spectroscopy of multiple sight-lines of the
Magellanic Bridge toward QSOs/AGNs behind it, covering Ca II H, K lines
and Na I D1, D2 lines. These measurements are essential to evaluate
physical conditions of gas clouds in the Magellanic Bridge along
multiple sight-lines derived from the photoionization models. The data
provide the unique opportunity to study the three dimensional structure
of a DLA analog in our Local Group. |