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Massive star populations in Lyman break galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Max Pettini ,
Samantha A. Rix ,
Charles C. Steidel ,
Alice E. Shapley  and
Kurt L. Adelberger
Max Pettini
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
Samantha A. Rix
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
Charles C. Steidel
Affiliation:
Palomar Observatory, Caltech 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Alice E. Shapley
Affiliation:
Palomar Observatory, Caltech 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Kurt L. Adelberger
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Abstract

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Massive stars provide most of our current knowledge of the first star forming galaxies in the universe via their ultraviolet and optical spectra redshifted into the visible and near-infrared bands. Here I briefly review the growing body of data on these early stellar populations from which star formation rates, the initial mass function, chemical abundances, ages, and dust reddenings are being deduced. New evidence also shows the dramatic impact which massive stars have on their galactic and intergalactic environments.

Type
Part 4. Feedback from Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003 , pp. 671 - 680
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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