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Ultraviolet Population Synthesis of Starburst Galaxies Observed with HST

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

C. Robert ,
C. Leitherer  and
T.M. Heckman
C. Robert
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
C. Leitherer
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
T.M. Heckman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, Baltimore, MD21218

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Starburst galaxies are ideal laboratories to study both the physics of massive stars and processes important in galaxy formation and evolution. Observations of starburst galaxies at UV wavelengths are crucial because only in this spectral regime can we directly observe the spectroscopic signatures of the hot, massive stars that power the emission at other wavebands. UV signatures from massive stars are mainly broad spectral features (e.g. P Cygni profiles of SiIVλ1400, and CIVλ1550) formed in the stellar winds.

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Poster Papers
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 164: Stellar Populations , 1995 , pp. 461
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Copyright © Kluwer 1995