The WHIQII Survey: Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies in a Cosmological Context

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Jan 2009

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #349.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.485

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The WIYN High Image Quality Indiana Irvine (WHIQII) survey includes 50 spectra of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies (LCBGs) at intermediate redshift. This highly evolving class of galaxies may play an important role in the decline of star formation since z 1, but their exact nature and evolutionary pathways remain a mystery. Surprisingly, our sample exhibits no detectable correlation between compactness and metallicity. Some metallicities are consistent with a "bursting dwarf" scenario, while a substantial fraction of others are not. As a result, we suggest that LCBGs are a highly heterogeneous population.

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