Formation of young massive star clusters: a high-resolution multi-wavelength study of intensely star-formation galaxies

Super star clusters (SSCs) represent the youngest and most massive form of known gravitationally bound star clusters in the Universe. They are born abundantly in environments that trigger strong and violent star formation (SF) such as in galaxy mergers and interacting systems. SSCs are thus used as fundamental tools to understand the context of massive SF and galaxy evolution in general. This thesis investigates properties of these young, massive and dense star clusters in a sample of 42 nearby starbursts and luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) ...

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Astronomy

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Randriamanakoto, Rojovola Zara-Nomena

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Väisänen, Petri
• Van der Heyden, Kurt

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15766

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15766