The structure of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-69). === This work gives an account of the study of the metallicity [Fe/H] distribution (gradient) in the oldest population in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), by making use of the available RR Lyrae data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experime...

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Main Author: Abedigamba, Oyirwoth Patrick
Other Authors: Feast, Michael ; Whitelock, Patricia
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13514