Speaker: Margaret Meixner, STScI
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Title: A Review of the Recent Magellanic Clouds Workshop in Perth, Australia
Abstract: The close promixity of the Magellanic Clouds to the Milky
Way provides us with a unique laboratory to study various astrophysical
processes such as star formation in low metallicity
environments, feedback processes in the interstellar medium, and
physical roles of galaxy interaction in chemical and dynamical evolution
of gas-rich galaxies. These processes are fundamental to our
understanding of galaxy formation and evolution in the Universe. Recent
high-resolution observational data in different wavelength regimes have
revealed much new data regarding stellar populations, clusters, the
multi-wavelength properties of star-forming regions, and the dynamics of
the Magellanic System. These data open the door to further studies of
the formation and evolution of the System, and galaxies in general. Good
examples are the new proper motions measurements of the Clouds, and the
various models that have been generated to trace their past and future
orbital and interaction history. It has been some time since the last major international conference
related to the Magellanic System was held. Therefore, next year is a
timely opportunity to re-assess this exciting field. The principle aim
of this meeting is to compare the latest observational results with the
corresponding recent theoretical models.
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