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. Springer Contents 6 Conference Participants 22 Preface 28 Session I: Local Starbursts as Benchmarks for Galaxy Evolution 30 Local Starbursts in a Cosmological Context 32 Starbursts in the Evolving Universe: A Local Perspective 40 Are there local analogs of Lyman break galaxies? 46 The disk Wolf-Rayet population of the nuclear starburst galaxy M83 50 Laser Illuminates Compact Galaxies 56 First Spectroscopic Results from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey 60 Near-Infrared Super Star Clusters in Starburst and Luminous Infrared Galaxies 64 High-resolution imaging of the SSCs in NGC 1569 and NGC 1705 70 Massive Star Clusters, Feedback, and Superwinds 74 30 Doradus – a Template for “Real Starbursts”? 78 Session II: The Initial Mass Function in Starburst Regions: Environmental Dependences? 84 The Initial Mass Function in Starbursts 86 Dynamical models of star formation and the initial mass function 94 Red supergiants, mass segregation and M/L ratios in young star clusters 100 IMF Variation in M82 Super Star Clusters 104 Session III: Starbursts as a Function of Wavelength 108 Colourful starbursts 110 A Far-Ultraviolet View of Starburst Galaxies 118 Local Starbursts: Perspectives from the Optical 126 The starburst phenomenon from the optical/near-IR perspective 132 Dissecting starburst galaxies with infrared observations 138 What fraction of stars formed in infrared galaxies at high redshift? 144 SHADES: The Scuba HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey 150 Compact Extragalactic Star Formation: Peering Through the Dust at Centimeter Wavelengths 156 Dust attenuation and star formation in the nearby Universe 162 Theoretical Pan-Spectral Energy Distributions of Starburst Galaxies 166 Session IV: Triggering and Quenching of Starbursts and the Effects of Galactic Interactions 170 Merger-Induced Starbursts 172 Galaxy Collisions: Modeling Star Formation in Different Environments 182 Star and cluster formation in extreme environments 186 The Recurrent Nature of Central Starbursts 192 Efficiency of the dynamical mechanism 196 2D kinematics and mass derivations in ULIRGs 202 Internal Kinematics of LCBGs 206 Fuelling starbursts and nuclear rings 210 Session V: Star-Formation Rates in Relation to the Host Galaxy Properties 214 Starburst Galaxy Demographics 216 Star-forming, recently star-forming, and “red and dead” galaxies at 1 < z < 2 224 Global Star-Formation Rates 230 Star Formation Efficiencies and Star Cluster Formation 238 Star Cluster Populations in Nearby Starburst Galaxies 244 Young Massive Clusters in Non-interacting Galaxies 248 Nascent starbursts in synchrotron-deficient galaxies 252 HST/STIS Spectroscopy of the Starburst Core of M82 256 Session VI: Starburst Tracers: Gas, Dust and Star Formation 260 Starburst Galaxies: an Infrared Perspective 262 Dusty starbursts as a standard phase in galaxy evolution 270 Is the interstellar gas of starburst galaxies well mixed? 276 Star Clusters in M51: Connection between Molecular Gas, Stars and Dust 280 Session VII: Starbursts at Intermediate Redshifts and the Starburst versus AGN Paradigm 284 Starbursts in nearby radio galaxies 286 Starbursts in Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei 292 GALEX UltraViolet Spectroscopy of Luminous InfraRed Galaxies 298 A recent rebuilding of most spirals? 302 Evolution of the IR energy density and SFH up to z ~ 1: first results from MIPS 308 Session VIII: Violent Star Formation and the Properties of Star-Forming Galaxies at High Redshift 312 Understanding Infrared–Luminous Starbursts in Distant Galaxies 314 Starbursts in the Ultra Deep Field 318 Properties of Lyα and Gamma Ray Burst-selected starbursts at high redshifts 322 High-z Galaxies in the FORS Deep Field 328 Star-Forming Galaxies at z ~ 2: Stellar and Dynamical Masses 332 Metallicity of Star-Forming Galaxies 336 New Metallicity Diagnostics for High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies 340 UV Luminosity Function at z ~ 4, 3, and 2 344 Massive galaxies at z = 2 348 K-luminous galaxies at z ~ 2 352 Resolved Molecular Gas Emission in a QSO host galaxy at z = 6.4 356 Session IX: Conference Summary 360 Conference Summary: Starbursts and Galaxy Evolution 362 Memorable Quotes 370 Author Index 372 A 372 B 372 C 372 D 372 E 373 F 373 G 373 H 373 I 373 J 373 K 374 L 374 M 374 N 374 O 375 P 375 R 375 S 375 T 376 U 376 V 376 W 376 Y 376 Z 376 Object Index 377 A 377 B 377 C 377 D 377 E 377 F 378 G 378 H 378 I 378 J 378 L 378 M 379 N 379 O 380 P 380 Q 380 R 381 S 381 T 381 U 381 V 382 W 382 ISBN-13:,9781402035388 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.