{
  "id": "1611.09257",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-11-23T21:00:00.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-11-23T21:00:00.000Z",
  "title": "Massive Star Formation in the LMC. I. N159 and N160 Complexes",
  "authors": [
    "Michael S. Gordon",
    "Terry J. Jones",
    "Robert D. Gehrz",
    "L. Andrew Helton"
  ],
  "comment": "31 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ, November 2016",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.GA",
    "astro-ph.SR"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present images and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of massive young stellar objects (YSOs) in three star-forming H II regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud: N159A, N159 Papillon, and N160. We use photometry from SOFIA/FORCAST at 25.3--37.1 um to constrain model fits to the SEDs and determine luminosities, ages, and dust content of the embedded YSOs and their local environments. By placing these sources on mid-infrared color-magnitude and color-color diagrams, we analyze their dust properties and consider their evolutionary status. Since each object in the FORCAST images has an obvious bright near-infrared counterpart in Spitzer Space Telescope images, we do not find any evidence for new, very cool, previously-undiscovered Class 0 YSOs. Additionally, based on its mid-infrared colors and model parameters, N159A is younger than N160 and the Papillon. The nature of the first extragalactic protostars in N159, P1 and P2, is also discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-11-23T21:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "massive star formation",
      "n160 complexes",
      "spitzer space telescope images",
      "massive young stellar objects",
      "large magellanic cloud"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 31,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}