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    The stellar content and dynamics of superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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    Author
    Oey, Marion Siang-li.
    Issue Date
    1995
    Committee Chair
    Kennicutt, Robert C. Jr.
    
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    The interaction between massive stars and the ISM is a fundamental process determining the structure and composition of the ISM. This work examines the stellar content and resulting dynamics of superbubbles in the LMC. We first show analytically that for 2 single-O star bubbles in M33, the evolution of wind power as the stars evolve is important in the bubble evolution. In a second prototype study, we find that the LMC superbubble DEM 152 shows evidence for sequential star formation, based on differing ages between the stars interior and exterior to the shell. We construct a numerical form of the standard Weaver et al. (1977) evolutionary model for wind-driven bubbles, and use the stellar census to compare the predicted shell evolution with the observed kinematics. There is a substantial discrepancy: shell's observed expansion velocity too large relative to its radius. I then find that the CMDs of the associations within 7 LMC superbubbles and 5 classical H II regions are indistinguishable. The HRDs, constructed with spectral types for 6 superbubble clusters, also appear similar to those in classical H II regions, implying that the shell formation timescale is shorter than the cluster evolutionary timescale. The stellar winds of the 1-2 most massive stars must therefore dominate the shell formation. The star-forming events for the superbubble associations are also no more extended in duration than that of other OB associations. The IMF slopes appear normal. Numerical modeling of the 6 superbubbles shows results falling into two distinct categories: "high-velocity" objects showing anomalous kinematics like DEM 152 and "low-velocity" objects which appear fairly consistent with the model. X-ray evidence suggests that the high-velocity objects have been accelerated by SNR impacts. Results for both categories imply an overestimate in the growth rate equivalent to an effective input power of up to an order of magnitude too large. I find that the superbubbles are likely to be struck and "burst" by such SNR impacts if the prior stellar wind power is log L(w) ≲ 37.8 erg s⁻¹. The interior coronal gas is then expelled by the pressure differential with the environment, which could greatly enhance the dispersal and distribution of the hot ionized medium. A minority of superbubbles with stellar wind power above the threshold are more likely to grow to the sizes of supergiant shells.
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    Astronomy
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    University of Arizona
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