User:Mgoumas/sandbox

(2/9/17) In the Super Star Cluster page, I plan to add a few pictures (from hubblesite.org as well as other sources) of SSC's and explain more about their formation/life in the universe. I will also add general properties of SSC's. There are also a few errors in the article that I plan to correct. Below is a small list of sources that I will use and refer to:

Bilbiography (so far):

• hubblesite.org
• Young Massive Clusters in Merging and Starburst Galaxies
• Super Star Cluster Discovered in Our Own Milky Way

(2/22/17) More stuff I'm planning to add:

 -more general definition of SSC
 -more properties of SSC, such as life spans, mass, luminosity, etc. (right now the article only states electron densities and pressures.
 -common areas of formation

Some pictures:

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  Westerlund 1
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  NGC 3603
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  R136 in the Tarantula Nebula

(2/26/17) https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/998f/66fe062452fb32657a42a06c4818c2d5dd64.pdf(3/2/17) Additions to the article so far:

-These clusters are referred to as "super" due to the fact that they are relatively more luminous and contain more mass than other young star clusters. The SSC, however, does not have to physically be larger that other clusters of lower mass and luminosity.

-SSCs, such as Westerlund 1 (Wd1), have been found in the Milky Way, however, most have been observed in farther regions of the universe. Specifically, SSCs have been seen to form in the interactions between galaxies and regions of high amounts of star formation with high enough pressures to satisfy the properties needed for a star cluster to form.

• Mass M_☉
• Radius ≈ 5 pc ≈ cm
• Age ≈ 100 Myr (Although other sources state that observed SSCs have an age of 1 Gyr)

-(the pictures shown above)

-(some sources -- can be seen on the article itself)