Structure and Evolution of Nearby UV-bright Starburst Galaxies
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Nearby (D < 100 Mpc) luminous blue starburst galaxies frequently show morphological evidence for recent involvement in mild collisions, or minor mergers where the disk survives. As a consequence UV-bright starbursts are preferentially seen in near face-on galaxies, and the postburst systems may become star-forming late-type galaxies. If this starburst evolutionary channel is important at moderate redshifts, then descendants of the faint blue galaxies could be the very common Sm-Sd field galaxies.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9910405,
title = {Structure and Evolution of Nearby UV-bright Starburst Galaxies},
author = {J. S. Gallagher and C. J. Conselice and N. Homeier and The WFPC2 Investigation Definition Team},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9910405},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, Appearing in "Galaxy Dynamics: from the Early Universe to the Present", eds. F. Combes, G.A. Mamon, and V. Charmandaris