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标题：The Stellar Content of H72.97-69.39, a Potential Super Star Cluster in the Making
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作者：Morten Andersen ; Hans Zinnecker ; Alec S.Hirschauer 等
期刊名称：The Astronomical journal
印刷版ISSN：0004-6256
电子版ISSN：1538-3881
出版年度：2021
卷号：161
期号：4
页码：1-9
DOI：10.3847/1538-3881/abe622
语种：English
出版社：American Institute of Physics
摘要：Young massive clusters and super star clusters (SSCs) represent an extreme mode of star formation. Far-infrared imaging of the Magellanic Clouds has identified one potential embedded SSC, HSO BMHERICC J72.971176-69.391112 (H72.97-69.39 in short), in the southwest outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud. We present Gemini Flamingos 2 and GSAOI near-infrared imaging of a 3' × 3' region around H72.97-69.39 in order to characterize the stellar content of the cluster. The stellar content is probed down to 1.5 M⊙. We find substantial dust extinction across the cluster region, extending up to AK of 3. Deeply embedded stars are associated with ALMA-detected molecular gas suggesting that star formation is ongoing. The high spatial resolution of the GSAOI data allows identification of the central massive object associated with the 13CO ALMA observations and detection of fainter low-mass stars around the H30α ALMA source. The morphology of the molecular gas and the nebulosity from adjacent star formation suggest they have interacted covering a region of several parsecs. The total stellar content in the cluster is estimated from the intermediate- and high-mass stellar content to be at least 10,000 M⊙, less than R136 with up to 100,000 M⊙ within 4.7 pc radius, but places it in the regime of an SSC. Based on the extinction determination of individual stars we estimate a molecular gas mass in the vicinity of H72.97-69.39 of 6600 M⊙, suggesting more star formation can be expected.