The history of starburst galaxies
| dc.creator | Blain, Andrew W. | |
| dc.date | 2000-11-21 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:56:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:56:36Z | |
| dc.description | Dusty galaxies with luminosities in excess of 10^11 solar luminosities have been detected out to redshifts of about unity by the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), and to higher redshifts using millimetre(mm)- and submm-wave cameras on ground-based telescopes. The integrated properties of these more distant galaxies are also constrained by measurements of the intensity of the submm-wave background radiation. While it is generally unclear whether their energy is released by gravitational accretion or by star formation, circumstantial evidence favours star formation. Unless these high-redshift galaxies are extremely massive, which is not expected from standard models of galaxy evolution, this luminosity cannot be sustained for more than a fraction of a Hubble time, and so they are undergoing some sort of `bursting' behaviour. The interpretation and analysis of this population is discussed, and the key observations for deriving a robust history of their evolution, which is likely to be the history of starburst activity, are highlighted. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 1 figure, to appear in proceedings of Ringberg meeting, September 2000 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011387 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011387 | |
| dc.identifier | Starburst Galaxies: Near and Far, 2001, L. Tacconi & D. Lutz eds., Springer: Berlin, p 303-308 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/2058 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | The history of starburst galaxies | |
| dc.type | text |