Dissecting the Core of the Tarantula Nebula with MUSE
Paul A Crowther (Sheffield), Norberto Castro (Michigan), Chris Evans, (UKATC), Jorick Vink (Armagh), Jorge Melnick (ESO), Fernando Selman (ESO)
TL;DR
This study uses MUSE integral-field spectroscopy to analyze the central region of the Tarantula Nebula, revealing detailed star content, nebular conditions, and kinematics, and comparing its star formation to high-redshift and low-redshift galaxies.
Contribution
First comprehensive spectroscopic census of NGC 2070's stars, nebulae, and kinematics using MUSE, linking local star formation to distant galaxy analogs.
Findings
Star-formation surface density similar to high-redshift starburst regions
Nebular conditions akin to low-redshift Green Pea galaxies
Enables detailed spatially-resolved star formation history analysis
Abstract
We provide an overview of Science Verification MUSE observations of NGC 2070, the central region of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Integral-field spectroscopy of the central 2' x 2' region provides the first complete spectroscopic census of its massive star content, nebular conditions and kinematics. The star-formation surface density of NGC 2070 is reminiscent of the intense star-forming knots of high-redshift galaxies, with nebular conditions similar to low-redshift Green Pea galaxies, some of which are Lyman continuum leakers. Uniquely, MUSE permits the star-formation history of NGC 2070 to be studied from both spatially-resolved and integrated-light spectroscopy.
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