Formaci\'on estelar en las Nubes de Magallanes

A.E. PIATTI

Bol. Asoc. Arg. Astron.

AAA Editorial board

Año: 2012 vol. 55 p. 21 - 30

0571?3285

              We present a review about our knowledge on the stellar for-mation and chemical evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, in the light ofthe most recent theoretical and observational findings, and of the enig-mas that still need to be clarified as well. Particularly, we show how ourknowledge has been changing about the existence of spatial metallicitygradients in both clusters and star field populations of the MagellanicClouds. We present results obtained from a Washington photometricdatabase of nearly 9 million stars. Finally, we analize the age-metallicityrelationship and the star formation history in the Magellanic Clouds andpropose new research issues related to this astrophysical field that can betaken advantage by the whole scientific community.