The Structure of the Stellar Hosts in Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies
Abstract
Blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies are gas-rich, low-luminosity (Mb≳-18 mag) and compact systems, currently undergoing violent star-formation burst (Sargent & Searle 1970). While it was initially hypothesized that they were very young galaxies (e.g. Sargent & Searle 1970, et al. 1988), the subsecuent detection of an extended, redder stellar host galaxy showed that the vast majority of them are old systems (e.g. Gil de Paz et al. 2003,2005). BCDs play an important role for understanding the process of galaxy formation and evolution.
- Publication:
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Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble Time
- Pub Date:
- May 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392130600665X
- Bibcode:
- 2007IAUS..235..300A
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: dwarf;
- galaxies: evolution;
- galaxies: photometry;
- galaxies: starburst;
- galaxies: structure