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Wolf-Rayet Stars in Very Young Starburst Galaxies

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Preliminary results from spectrophotometric observations of galaxies with very young starbursts are presented. Starburst galaxies with an age of the burst in the range between 3 and 6 Myr have been observed and new detections of Wolf-Rayet galaxies are reported. We discuss the origin of high excitation nebular lines observed in these galaxies and their possible link with the population of Wolf-Rayet stars.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9610075,
  title  = {Wolf-Rayet Stars in Very Young Starburst Galaxies},
  author = {Thierry Contini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9610075},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages + 4 Postscript figures. In the proceedings of the 33rd Liege Int. Astroph. Coll. "Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Framework of Stellar Evolution"