Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-08-20
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 321 (2001) 11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.03969.x
We investigate the photometric properties of six super stellar clusters (SSCs) seen in both the optical and near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope images of the local ultraluminous starburst galaxy Arp 220. Three of the SSCs are located in the central 0.5 kpc region. The remaining three are in the circumnuclear region between 0.5 kpc and 2.5 kpc from the centre. Comparing the observed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the SSCs with the Starburst99 models of Leitherer et al., we confirm that all the three nuclear SSCs are heavily obscured ($A_V \sim 10$ mag). Considering the results from this comparison in conjunction with measurements of the near-infrared CO absorption index and of millimetre CO line widths and luminosities, we estimate the ages of the nuclear SSCs to be $10^7 - 10^8$ yrs. The bolometric luminosity of the three nuclear SSCs is at most one-fifth of the total bolometric luminosity of Arp 220. On the other hand, the circumnuclear SSCs have little internal extinction ($A_V \leq$ 1 mag). These contribute negligibly to the total bolometric luminosity.
Shioya Yasuhiro
Taniguchi Yoshiaki
Trentham Neil
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