J/ApJ/843/91ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/843/91doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18430091CDSLinden S.T.Evans A.S.Rich J.Larson K.L.Armus L.Diaz-santos T.,Privon G.C.Howell J.Inami H.Kim D.-C.Chien L.-H.Vavilkin T.,Mazzarella J.M.Modica F.Surace J.A.Manning S.Abdullah A.Blake A.,Yarber A.Lambert T.2023-09-12T11:31:59Z2023-08-01T11:51:23ZCDS support team

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cds-question@unistra.frgalaxiesinfrared-sourcesopen-star-clustershst-photometryultraviolet-astronomyvisible-astronomyextinctionabsolute-magnitudeWe present the results of a Hubble Space Telescope ACS/HRC FUV, ACS/WFC optical study into the cluster populations of a sample of 22 Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey. Through integrated broadband photometry, we have derived ages and masses for a total of 484 star clusters contained within these systems. This allows us to examine the properties of star clusters found in the extreme environments of LIRGs relative to lower luminosity star-forming galaxies in the local universe. We find that by adopting a Bruzual & Charlot (2003MNRAS.344.1000B) simple stellar population model and Salpeter (1955ApJ...121..161S) initial mass function, the age distribution of the clusters declines as dN/d{tau}={tau}^-0.9+/-0.3^, consistent with the age distribution derived for the Antennae Galaxies, and interpreted as evidence for rapid cluster disruption occurring in the strong tidal fields of merging galaxies. The large number of 10^6^M_{sun}_ young clusters identified in the sample also suggests that LIRGs are capable of producing more high-mass clusters than what is observed to date in any lower luminosity star-forming galaxy in the local universe. The observed cluster mass distribution of dN/dM=M^-1.95+/-0.11^ is consistent with the canonical -2 power law used to describe the underlying initial cluster mass function (ICMF) for a wide range of galactic environments. We interpret this as evidence against mass-dependent cluster disruption, which would flatten the observed CMF relative to the underlying ICMF distribution.2017ApJ...843...91Lhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/843/91CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toB/hst : HST Archived Exposures Catalog (STScI, 2007)J/AJ/109/960 : Young star clusters in The Antennae (Whitmore+ 1995)J/AJ/114/2381 : UBVI photometry of NGC 7252 (Miller+, 1997)J/A+AS/139/393 : Young Massive Star Clusters. II. (Larsen, 1999)J/AJ/121/3048 : Multicolor photometry in NGC 1512 and NGC 5248 (Maoz+, 2001)J/A+A/391/857 : HST UV,V,I phot. of NGC7673 star clusters (Homeier+, 2002)J/AJ/124/1418 : Radio-opt. identification of star clusters (Whitmore+, 2002)J/AJ/126/1607 : IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample (Sanders+, 2003)J/ApJ/641/763 : UBVI photometry for Arp 220 star clusters (Wilson+, 2006)J/ApJ/674/172 : Oxygen abundances of LIRGs and ULIRGs (Rupke+, 2008)J/ApJ/703/1672 : Far-IR and H{alpha} fluxes in galaxies (Kennicutt+, 2009)J/ApJ/704/1570 : Fitting LINERs within the AGN family (Gonzalez-Martin+, 2009)J/AJ/138/1243 : The star formation history of the LMC (Harris+, 2009)J/ApJ/715/572 : GOALS UV and FIR properties (Howell+, 2010)J/MNRAS/405/857 : Star clusters in NGC 3256 (Goddard+, 2010)J/AJ/140/75 : Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/4039) revisited (Whitmore+, 2010)J/A+A/528/A35 : Infrared luminosity in GOODS fields (Magnelli+, 2011)J/ApJ/768/102 : I-band GALFIT analysis of LIRGs (Kim+, 2013)J/ApJS/206/1 : Mid-IR properties of GOALS nearby LIRGs (Stierwalt+, 2013)J/ApJ/805/99 : Ages of star clusters in tidal tails of 3 gal. (Mulia+, 2015)J/ApJ/827/33 : PHAT. XVI. Star cluster masses and ages (Johnson+, 2016)J/ApJ/923/278 : Massive star cluster in LIRGs in GOALS. II. (Linden+, 2021)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/843/91https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/843/91http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/843/91https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/843/91https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/843/91http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/843/91GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJ/843/91/table1 (Properties of the 27 Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) galaxies in the sample)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true2.77708333-12.107222220.005555555555555556Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/843/91/observed (Observed properties of star clusters (Tables [3579], [1-5][13579]))https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/observed?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/observed?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/observed?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true43.5096315614.976602660.005555555555555556Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/843/91/derived (Derived properties of star clusters (Tables [468], [1-5][02468]))https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/derived?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/derived?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/843/91/derived?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true27.8062023222.582886410.0055555555555555566/231 700 4993 5523 5816 6098 8997 12537 13184 16091 17183 17252 19619 20896 22721 26028 26035 37821 38139 38786 46130 472351.1848962891990175e-18 1.4134638842407062e-18https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/ApJ/843/91?format=asciiUVOpticalInfrareddefaultJ/ApJ/843/91/table1Properties of the 27 Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) galaxies in the sampleSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idcharnullableSFR[3.9/204.6]? Star formation rate (1)solMass/yrphys.SFRfloatnullableIR/UV[7.6/95.6]? IR/UV ratio (1)phys.luminosity;arith.ratiofloatnullableFFUV[2.5e-16/8.4e-14]? GALEX FUV flux (1)cW.m**-2.nm**-1phot.flux;em.UVdoublenullableMS[0/5] Merger stage (0-3: early; 4-5: late) (2)meta.codeintAv[1/9.4] Dust extinction (3)magphys.absorptionfloatNclNumber of star clusters in this galaxymeta.numberintnullableNEDNED column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlcharLEDAmeta.ref.urlcharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintGalGalaxy namemeta.id;meta.maincharprimaryRAJ2000Hour of right ascension (J2000)pos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Degree of declination (J2000)pos.eq.dec;meta.mainlogLIR[10.36/12.1] log of IR luminositylog(solLum)phys.luminosity;em.IRfloatDist[15/190] DistanceMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatJ/ApJ/843/91/observedObserved properties of star clusters (Tables [3579], [1-5][13579])recnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintTabTable number in the papermeta.id;meta.maincharGalGalaxy namemeta.id.parentcharSeq[1/43] Running sequence number within Galmeta.idintRAJ2000[2.77/352] Right ascension (J2000)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000[-59.1/73.5] Declination (J2000)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainBMag[-19.8/-8.5] HST/ACS/WFC B (F435W) band absolute magnitudemagphys.magAbs;em.opt.Bfloate_BMag[0.01/0.3] BMag uncertaintymagphys.magAbsfloatIMag[-19.1/-9.6] HST/ACS/WFC I (F814W) band absolute magnitudemagphys.magAbs;em.opt.Ifloate_IMag[0.01/0.3] IMag uncertaintymagphys.magAbsfloatFUVMag[-22.5/-8.9] HST/ACS/SBC FUV (F140LP) band absolute magnitudemagphys.magAbs;em.UV.100-200nmfloate_FUVMag[0.01/0.4] FUVMag uncertaintymagphys.magAbsfloatJ/ApJ/843/91/derivedDerived properties of star clusters (Tables [468], [1-5][02468])recnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. 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