{"paper":{"title":"Characterization of optically-selected star forming knots in (U)LIRGs","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.CO","authors_text":"Daniel Miralles-Caballero, Luis Colina, Pierre-Alain Duc, Santiago Arribas","submitted_at":"2011-07-09T12:17:25Z","abstract_excerpt":"(abridged)We present a comprehensive characterization of the general properties (luminosity functions, mass, size, ages, etc) of optically selected compact stellar objects (knots) in a representative sample of 32 low-z (U)LIRGs. We use ACS images from the Hubble Space Telescope in F435W and F814W bands. The galaxies in the sample represent different interaction phases and cover a wide luminosity range (11.46 \\leq log (L_IR (Lsun)) \\leq 12.54). With a median size of 32 pc, most of the nearly 3000 knots detected consists of complexes of star clusters. Some of the knots (~15%) are so blue that th"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1107.1777","kind":"arxiv","version":3},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}