Massive star formation in Luminous Infrared Galaxies

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2002-11-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211485v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present HST/NICMOS observations of a sample of LIRGs. We show that active star formation appears to be occurring not only in the bright nuclei of these galaxies, but also in luminous super-star clusters and giant HII regions with ages of up to 20-40Myr. This population of bright clusters and HII regions is unprecedented in normal galaxies and emphasizes the effects of the extreme star formation in LIRGs.

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