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Abundances ratios in star-forming galaxies: clues to galaxy evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Thierry Contini
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, UMR 5572, 14 avenue E. Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, la France
Marie-A. Treyer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, - UMR 6110 Traverse du Siphon, BP 8, F-13376 Marseille Cedex 12, la France
Mustapha Mouhcine
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA

Abstract

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We show in this contribution that detailed studies of chemical abundances in UV-selected, H ii and starburst nucleus galaxies, together with the development of new chemical evolution models, put strong constraints on the evolutionary stage of starburst galaxies in terms of star formation history. Although the samples of high-redshift galaxies are still too small for statistical studies, the preliminary results give insight into the nature and evolution of distant star-forming objects and their link with present-day galaxies.

Type
Part 4. Feedback from Massive Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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