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Super Star Clusters and Supernovae in Interacting LIRGs Unmasked by NIR Adaptive Optics

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We report on an ongoing near-IR adaptive optics survey targeting interacting luminous IR galaxies. High-spatial resolution NIRdata are crucial to enable interpretation of kinematic, dynamical and star formation (SF) properties of these very dusty objects.Whole progenitor nuclei in the interactions can be missed if only optical HST imaging is used. Here we specifically present the latest results regarding core-collapse supernovae found within the highly extincted nuclear regions of these galaxies. Direct detection and study of such highly obscured CCSNe are crucial for revising the optically derived SN rates used for providing an independent measurement of the SF history of the Universe. We also present thus far the first NIR luminosity functions of super star cluster (SSC) candidates. The LFs can then be used to constrain the formation and evolution of SSCs via constraints based on initial mass functions and cluster disruption models.

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  1. South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

    Petri Väisänen

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  1. University of the Witwatersrand, Johanne, School of Computational and Applied Math, Wits, 2050, South Africa

    David L. Block

  2. Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University, Cotter Rd., Weston Creek, 2611, Aust Capital Terr, Australia

    Kenneth C. Freeman

  3. Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica,, Calle Luis Enrique Erro 1, Santa Maria Tonantzintla, 72840, Puebla, Mexico

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Väisänen, P., Randriamanakoto, Z., Kankare, E., Mattila, S., Ryder, S. (2010). Super Star Clusters and Supernovae in Interacting LIRGs Unmasked by NIR Adaptive Optics. In: Block, D., Freeman, K., Puerari, I. (eds) Galaxies and their Masks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7317-7_13

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