https://joannasakowska.github.io/tag/star-formation-histories/ star formation histories Wowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-usThu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://joannasakowska.github.io/media/icon_hude20de9661a447c1e887f7aaef88854c_11184_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.png https://joannasakowska.github.io/tag/star-formation-histories/ https://joannasakowska.github.io/publication/sakowska_2024/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://joannasakowska.github.io/publication/sakowska_2024/ https://joannasakowska.github.io/project/sfh/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://joannasakowska.github.io/project/sfh/ <p>Visible with the naked eye, the Magellanic Cloud galaxies are our closest pair of interacting dwarf galaxies. Thus, they constitute a unique opportunity to study galactic evolution in precious detail.</p> <p>During my PhD thesis (<a href="https://openresearch.surrey.ac.uk/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Tracing-the-Structure-and-Evolutionary-History/99918066602346" target="_blank" rel="noopener">available here</a>) I worked on the star formation and chemical evolution history of the Small Magellanic Cloud using data from the Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH; <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AJ....161...74N/abstract" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nidever+2021,</a> including Sakowska). I focused on a peculiar shell-like structure in the northeastern part of the galaxy, crediting its formation to interactions with the neighbouring Large Magellanic Cloud (<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRAS.532.4272S/abstract" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sakowska+ 2024</a>).</p>