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The near-infrared colours of H II galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Eduardo Telles ,
Leda Sampson ,
Mauricio Tapia ,
Roberto Terlevich  and
Daniel Kunth
Eduardo Telles
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Leda Sampson
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Mauricio Tapia
Affiliation:
Institute de Astronomia, UNAM, Ensenada, Mexico
Roberto Terlevich
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
Daniel Kunth
Affiliation:
Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris, France

Abstract

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We present preliminary results of our near-infrared JHK images of a sample of H II galaxies observed at UKIRT. The presence of knots of enhanced emission in the near-IR may indicate the existence of luminous super star clusters which will serve to unveil the basic units which constitute the starburst phenomenon in galaxies. Based on near-IR colours we will further discuss the history of star formation in these bursting dwarf galaxies.

Type
Part 5. Wolf-Rayet stars and other massive stars in starburst galaxies: the case of Wolf-Rayet galaxies (integrated spectra)
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 622 - 623
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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