B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication
Super Star Clusters in IR-Luminous Interacting Galaxies: The NIR Luminosity Function
Authors: Vaisanen P, Randriamanakoto Z, Ryder S, Mattila S
Conference name: Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting
Publication year: 2012
Book title : Star Clusters in the Era of Large Surveys: Proceedings of Symposium 5 of JENAM 2010
Journal acronym: ASTROPHYSICS SPACE
Series title: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
First page : 251
Last page: 254
Number of pages: 4
ISBN: 978-3-642-22112-5
ISSN: 1570-6591
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22113-2_46
We present a pilot study of a larger on-going survey to detect SSCs in LIRGs using K-band Adaptive Optics imaging. We show the first significant sample of NIR luminosity functions of extragalactic SSCs, which appear to be significantly shallower than typical power-law slopes determined from optical studies of lower IR-luminosity systems. We also present the first brightest cluster vs. star-formation rate of the host galaxy relation derived in the NIR.
