Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2005
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Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies, Held in Cambridge, UK, 6-10 September 2004. Edited by R. de Grijs and R.M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4
Scientific paper
Starbursts are extreme concentrations of star-forming activity with mass conversion surface densities reaching over 1000 times higher than normal for disk galaxies. They are responsible for a large fraction of all cosmic star formation. They have shaped the cosmic landscape not just in individual galaxies, but though the effects of ``superwinds'' that enrich the intergalactic gas, constrain supermassive black hole growth, and perhaps facilitate cosmic re-ionization. This conference provided vivid testimony to the importance of starbursts in galaxy evolution and to the speed with which our understanding of them is being transformed by a flood of new pan-spectral data, especially at high redshifts. A key result is that it appears possible to scale the physics of smaller star-forming events upward to encompass starbursts.
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