Shared star formation in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds

arXiv:2607.04883 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-06 · Read on arXiv

Xunchuan Liu, Yu Cheng

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-07-06

Comments: submitted

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Milky Way — 18× in this paper
• Clustering — 13× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Large Magellanic Cloud — 3× in this paper
• Small Magellanic Cloud — 3× in this paper
• Metallicity — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Distribution Matching — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Minimum Spanning Tree — 1× in this paper
• Observational Selection Effects — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Star Formation Rate (SFR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Stellar Feedback — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Accelerating star formation of dense clumps

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