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2001MNRAS.322..757A - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 322, 757-769 (2001/April-3)
Nuclear star formation in the hotspot galaxy NGC 2903.
ALONSO-HERRERO A., RYDER S.D. and KNAPEN J.H.
Abstract (from CDS):
The star formation properties of the stellar clusters and Hii regions have been studied using the photometric and spectroscopic information in conjunction with evolutionary synthesis models. The population of bright stellar clusters shows a very narrow range of ages, 4-7x106yr after the peak of star formation, or absolute ages 6.5-9.5x106yr (for the assumed short-duration Gaussian bursts), and luminosities similar to the clusters found in the Antennae interacting galaxy. This population of young stellar clusters accounts for some 7-12per cent of the total stellar mass in the central 625pc of NGC 2903. The Hii regions in the ring of star formation have luminosities close to that of the supergiant Hii region 30 Doradus, they are younger than the stellar clusters, and they will probably evolve into bright infrared stellar clusters similar to those observed today. We find that the star formation efficiency in the central regions of NGC 2903 is higher than in normal galaxies, approaching the lower end of infrared luminous galaxies.
Abstract Copyright: The Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s): galaxies: individual: NGC 2903 - galaxies: photometry - galaxies: starburst - galaxies: star clusters - infrared: galaxies
Nomenclature: Table 3, Fig.3: [ARK2001] NN (Nos 1-18). Table 4: [ARK2001] HN (Nos H1-H8).
Simbad objects: 11
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