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Photometric Structure and Star Formation in Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

P. Papaderos
P. Papaderos*
Affiliation:
Institute for Astrophysics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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The star-formation history and chemodynamical evolution of Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxies are central issues in dwarf galaxy research. In spite of being old in their vast majority, BCDs resemble in many aspects unevolved low-mass galaxies in the early universe. They are gas-rich (Hi mass fraction of typically > 30%) and metal-deficient (7.1 12+log(O/H) 8.3) extragalactic systems, undergoing intense star-forming (SF) activity within an underlying low-surface brightness (LSB) host galaxy.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S235: Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time , August 2006 , pp. 327
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

References

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