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dc.contributor.authorGrosbol, Prebenpt_BR
dc.contributor.authorDottori, Horacio Albertopt_BR
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-08T02:07:04Zpt_BR
dc.date.issued2008pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361pt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10183/99266pt_BR
dc.description.abstractAims. Very young stellar clusters and cluster complexes may be embedded in dust lanes along spiral arms in disk galaxies and escape detection in visual bands. Observations in the near-infrared K-band offer an almost unbiased view of such clusters or complexes due to the small attenuation by dust at this wavelength. The objective is to determine their population size, absolute K-band magnitude distribution above the limiting magnitude imposed by the data, and location relative to the spiral pattern in disk galaxies. Methods. All slightly extended sources were identified on deep K-band maps of 46 spiral galaxies reaching at least K = 20.3 mag arcsec-² at a signal-to-noise level of 3. The galaxies had inclination angles <65º and linear resolutions <100 pc with seeing better than 1". The sample includes both barred and normal spirals with a wide spread in types. We also analyzed J- and H-band colors for 4 galaxies for which such images were available. An apparent magnitude limit of K = 19 mag was used for the sources analyzed in order to avoid marginal detections. Furthermore, we derived the source distributions of magnitudes and relative locations with respect to the spiral patterns. Results. Almost 70% (15/22) of the grand-design spiral galaxies show significant concentration of bright K-band knots in their arm regions corresponding to 30% (15/46) of the full sample. Color−color diagrams for the 4 spirals with JHK photometry suggest that a significant fraction of the diffuse sources found in the arms are complexes of young stellar clusters with ages <10 Myr and reddened with several magnitudes of visual extinction. The brightest knots reach an absolute K-band magnitude MK of −15.5 mag corresponding to stellar clusters or complexes with total masses up to at least 105 Mʘ. Brightest magnitude and number of knots correlate with the total absolute magnitude of the host galaxy. More knots are seen in galaxies with high far-infrared flux and strong two-armed spiral perturbations. The bright knots constitute up to a few percent of the total K-band flux from their parent galaxy and account for a star formation rate of ∼1 Mʘ yr-ˡ for the brightest grand-design spiral galaxies.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfpt_BR
dc.language.isoengpt_BR
dc.relation.ispartofAstronomy and astrophysics. Les Ulis. Vol. 490, no. 1 (Oct. 2008), p. 87-95pt_BR
dc.rightsOpen Accessen
dc.subjectAstronomia extragalaticapt_BR
dc.subjectGalaxies: spiralen
dc.subjectAglomerados estelarespt_BR
dc.subjectGalaxies: structureen
dc.subjectGalaxies: star clustersen
dc.subjectGalaxias espiraispt_BR
dc.subjectInfrared: galaxiesen
dc.subjectTechniques: photometricen
dc.titleStatistics of young starforming complexes in spiral galaxies using NIR photometrypt_BR
dc.typeArtigo de periódicopt_BR
dc.identifier.nrb000766539pt_BR
dc.type.originEstrangeiropt_BR


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