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| Paper: |
Structure and Evolution of Nearby UV-bright Starburst Galaxies |
| Volume: |
197, XVth IAP Meeting Dynamics of Galaxies: From the Early Universe to the Present |
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309 |
| Authors: |
Gallagher, J. S.; Conselice, C. J.; Homeier, N.; the WFPC2 Investigation Definition Team |
| Abstract: |
Nearby (D <= 100 Mpc) luminous blue starburst galaxies frequently show morphological evidence for recent involvement in mild collisions, or minor mergers where the disk survives. As a consequence UV-bright starbursts are preferentially seen in near face-on galaxies, and the postburst systems may become star-forming late-type galaxies. If this starburst evolutionary channel is important at moderate redshifts, then descendants of the faint blue galaxies could be the very common Sm-Sd field galaxies. |
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