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We present a pilot study of a larger on-going survey to detect SSCs in LIRGs using K-band Adaptive Optics imaging. We show the first significant sample of NIR luminosity functions of extragalactic SSCs, which appear to be significantly shallower than typical power-law slopes determined from optical studies of lower IR-luminosity systems. We also present the first brightest cluster vs. star-formation rate of the host galaxy relation derived in the NIR.
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Väisänen, P., Randriamanakoto, Z., Ryder, S., Mattila, S. (2012). Super Star Clusters in IR-Luminous Interacting Galaxies: The NIR Luminosity Function. In: Moitinho, A., Alves, J. (eds) Star Clusters in the Era of Large Surveys. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22113-2_46
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