Abstract
I focus on two issues which I believe are important to our understanding of the evolution of star forming dwarf galaxies. First, I start with some thoughts on the importance of the environment to their evolution. Second, I give my thoughts on the importance of the 'bursting' mode of star formation in the evolution of dwarfs galaxies. In the spirit of this conference, I will emphasize recent observational results.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 383-392 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Astrophysics and Space Science |
| Volume | 277 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:I would like to acknowledge my many collaborators whose work I have presented here and who have shaped my views on galaxy evolution. This work has been supported, in part, by NASA LTSARP grants No. NAGW-3189 and NAG5-9221 and through grants GO-05915 and GO-07496 from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.
Keywords
- Galaxies: stellar content
- ISM: abundances
- Stars: formation