Browsing by Author "Randriamanakoto, Rojovola Zara-Nomena"

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    Formation of young massive star clusters: a high-resolution multi-wavelength study of intensely star-formation galaxies
    (2015) Randriamanakoto, Rojovola Zara-Nomena; Väisänen, Petri; Van der Heyden, Kurt
    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) ...
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    Super star cluster candidates in the star-forming regions of luminous infrared galaxies
    (2010) Randriamanakoto, Rojovola Zara-Nomena; Väisänen, Petri; Blyth, Sarah
    We report on a study of super star cluster (SSC) candidates in the star-forming regions of a representative sample of local luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) using KS-band near-infrared (NIR) adaptive optics imaging with GEMINI/ALTAIR and VLT/NACO instruments. The evolution of the cosmic star formation rate (CSFR) indicates its rapid decline in the local Universe.