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Infrared imaging of new born cluster H72.97-69.39

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Young massive clusters and super star clusters (SSCs) represent an extreme mode of star formation.

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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'x3' region around H72.97-69.39 in order to characterize the stellar content of the cluster.

The stellar content is probed down to 1.5M{sun}. We find substantial dust extinction across the cluster region, extending up to A_K_ of 3. Deeply embedded stars are associated with ALMA-detected molecular gas suggesting that star formation is ongoing.

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The high spatial resolution of the GSAOI data allows identification of the central massive object associated with the ^13^CO ALMA observations and detection of fainter low-mass stars around the H30{alpha} 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 10000M{sun}, less than R136 with up to 100000M{sun} within 4.7pc 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 6600M{sun}, suggesting more star formation can be expected.

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