Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies (Astrophysics and Space Science Library (329))

Starbursts are important features of early galaxy evolution. Many of the distant, high-redshift galaxies we are able to detect are in a starbursting phase, often apparently provoked by a violent gravitational interaction with another galaxy. In fact, if we did not know that major starbursts existed, these conference proceedings testify that we would indeed have difficulties explaining the key properties of the Universe! These conference proceedings cover starbursts from the small-scale star-forming regions in nearby galaxies to galaxy-wide events at high redshifts; one of the major themes of the conference proved to be "scalability", i.e., can we scale up the small-scale events to describe the physics on larger scales. The key outcome of this meeting – and these proceedings – is a resounding "yes" as answer to this fundamental, yet profound question. The enhanced synergy facilitated by the collaboration among observers using cutting-edge ground and space-based facilities, theorists and modellers has made these proceedings into a true reflection of the state of the art in this very rapidly evolving field. Ample space is provided for summaries of the large number of talks by experts in the field, thus enhancing the information content. Local Starbursts in a Cosmological Context....Pages 3-10 Starbursts in the Evolving Universe: A Local Perspective....Pages 11-16 Are There Local Analogs of Lyman Break Galaxies?....Pages 17-20 The Disk Wolf-Rayet Population of the Nuclear Starburst Galaxy M83....Pages 21-26 Laser Illuminates Compact Galaxies....Pages 27-30 First Spectroscopic Results from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey....Pages 31-34 Near-IR Super Star Clusters in Starburst and Luminous Infrared Galaxies....Pages 35-40 High-Resolution Imaging of the SSCs in NGC 1569 and NGC 1705....Pages 41-44 Massive Star Clusters, Feedback, and Superwinds....Pages 45-48 30 Doradus — A Template for “Real Starbursts”?....Pages 49-54 The Initial Mass Function in Starbursts....Pages 57-64 Dynamical Models of Star Formation and the Initial Mass Function....Pages 65-70 Red Supergiants, Mass Segregation and M/L Ratios in Young Star Clusters....Pages 71-74 IMF Variation in M82 Super Star Clusters....Pages 75-78 Colourful Starbursts....Pages 81-88 A Far-Ultraviolet View of Starburst Galaxies....Pages 89-96 Local Starbursts: Perspectives from the Optical....Pages 97-102 The Starburst Phenomenon from the Optical/Near-IR Perspective....Pages 103-108 Dissecting Starburst Galaxies with Infrared Observations....Pages 109-114 What Fraction of Stars Formed in Infrared Galaxies at High Redshift?....Pages 115-120 Shades: The Scuba Half Degree Extragalactic Survey....Pages 121-126 Compact Extragalactic Star Formation: Peering through the Dust at Centimeter Wavelengths....Pages 127-132 Dust Attenuation and Star Formation in the Nearby Universe: The Ultraviolet and Far-Infrared Points of View....Pages 133-136 Theoretical Pan-Spectral Energy Distributions of Starburst Galaxies....Pages 137-140 Merger-Induced Starbursts....Pages 143-152 Galaxy Collisions: Modeling Star Formation in Different Environments....Pages 153-156 Star and Cluster Formation in Extreme Environments....Pages 157-162 The Recurrent Nature of Central Starbursts....Pages 163-166 Efficiency of the Dynamical Mechanism....Pages 167-172 2D Kinematics and Mass Derivations in ULIRGs....Pages 173-176 Internal Kinematics of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies....Pages 177-180 Fuelling Starbursts and Nuclear Rings....Pages 181-184 Demographics and Host Galaxies of Starbursts....Pages 187-194 Star-Forming, Recently Star-Forming, and “Red and Dead” Galaxies at 1 < Z < 2....Pages 195-200 Global Star-Formation Rates....Pages 201-208 Star Formation Efficiencies and Star Cluster Formation....Pages 209-214 Star Cluster Populations in Nearby Starburst Galaxies....Pages 215-218 Young Massive Clusters in Non-Interacting Galaxies....Pages 219-222 Nascent Starbursts in Synchrotron-Deficient Galaxies....Pages 223-226 HST /STIS Spectroscopy of the Starburst Core of M82....Pages 227-230 Starburst Galaxies: An Infrared Perspective....Pages 233-240 Dusty Starbursts as a Standard Phase in Galaxy Evolution....Pages 241-246 Is the Interstellar Gas of Starburst Galaxies Well Mixed?....Pages 247-250 Star Clusters in M51: Connection between Molecular Gas, Stars and Dust....Pages 251-254 Starbursts in Nearby Radio Galaxies....Pages 257-262 Starbursts in Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 263-268 GALEX Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies....Pages 269-272 A Recent Rebuilding of Most Spirals?....Pages 273-278 Evolution of the IR Energy Density and SFH up to Z ∼ 1: First Results from MIPS....Pages 279-282 Understanding Infrared—Luminous Starbursts in Distant Galaxies....Pages 285-288 Starbursts in the Ultra Deep Field....Pages 289-292 Properties of Ly α and Gamma Ray Burst-Selected Starbursts at High Redshifts....Pages 293-298 The Stellar Population of High- Z Galaxies from Medium-Resolution Spectra in the FORS Deep Field....Pages 299-302 Star-Forming Galaxies at Z ∼ 2: Stellar and Dynamical Masses....Pages 303-306 Metallicity of Star-Forming Galaxies....Pages 307-310 New Metallicity Diagnostics for High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies....Pages 311-314 UV Luminosity Function at Z ∼ 4, 3, and 2....Pages 315-318 Massive Galaxies at Z = 2 in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations....Pages 319-322 K -Luminous Galaxies at Z ∼ 2....Pages 323-326 Resolved Molecular Gas Emission in a QSO Host Galaxy at Z = 6.4....Pages 327-330 Conference Summary: Starbursts and Galaxy Evolution....Pages 333-340 Edited By Richard De Grijs And Rosa M. González Delgado. These Conference Proceedings Cover Starbursts From The Small-scale Star-forming Regions In Nearby Galaxies To Galaxy-wide Events At High Redshifts--p. [4] Of Cover. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Ample space is provided for summaries of the large number of talks by experts in the field, while the high-quality poster contributions are all contained on the accompanying CD-ROM,thus enhancing the imformation content." -- back cover.