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Interaction/merger-induced starbursts in local very metal-poor dwarfs: link to the common SF in high-z young galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

S. A. Pustilnik ,
Ekta ,
A. Y. Kniazev ,
J. N. Chengalur  and
L. Vanzi
S. A. Pustilnik
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Obs. RAS, Nizhnij Arkhyz, 369167, Russia email: sap@sao.ru
Ekta
Affiliation:
National Centre of Radio Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India email: ekta@ncra.tifr.res.in
A. Y. Kniazev
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Obs. Cape Town 7935, South Africa email: akniazev@saao.ac.za
J. N. Chengalur
Affiliation:
National Centre of Radio Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India email: ekta@ncra.tifr.res.in
L. Vanzi
Affiliation:
Europian Southern Obs. Santiago, Chile email: lvanzi@eso.org
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Abstract

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We present a subsample of ‘local’ very metal-poor gas-rich galaxies that show more or less clear evidences of interactions and mergers and discuss their relevance to the study of high-redshift star-forming young galaxies.

Keywords

galaxy abundancesgalaxy interactionsstar formation
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 466
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