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Title:
The Demographics of Starburst Galaxies
Authors:
Kennicutt, Robert C.; Lee, Janice C.; Akiyama, Sanae; Funes, José G.; Sakai, Shoko
Affiliation:
AA(Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721), AB(Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721), AC(Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721), AD(Vatican Observatory, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721), AE(Department of Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095)
Publication:
THE EVOLUTION OF STARBURSTS: The 331st Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 783, pp. 3-16 (2005). (AIPC Homepage)
Publication Date:
08/2005
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
galaxies, star formation, demography
PACS Keywords:
Starburst galaxies and infrared excess galaxies, Origin, formation, evolution, age, and star formation
DOI:
10.1063/1.2034960
Bibliographic Code:
2005AIPC..783....3K

Abstract

With the advent of an explosion of new data on star formation rates in galaxies from SDSS, 2DF, GALEX, Spitzer, HST, and an armada of new Hα imaging surveys, we are in the midst of a revolution in our understanding of starbursts and their host galaxies. As an introduction to this volume we begin with a brief review of the history of this subject and the recent extraordinary growth in observations of starburst galaxies and star-forming galaxies in general. We then use data from a few recent Hα surveys to illustrate how large and complete datasets on star formation rates can be used to explore the demographics of star-forming galaxies and the contribution of starbursts to the cosmic star formation budget.
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