2001/01/23 by U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, Alvensleben, U. Fritze-v.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0101407
7 pages to appear in Ringberg Workshop ``Starburst Galaxies: Near and Far'', eds. D. Lutz, L. Tacconi, Springer
arxiv created 2001/01/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The first part of this paper deals with the impact of nonsolar and - for late-type, dwarf, and high redshift galaxies - generally subsolar abundances on the interpretation of observational data for starburst galaxies. It points out the differences in colors, luminosities, emission lines, etc. obtained from a model using low metallicity input physics for a starburst on top of the stellar population of a galaxy as compared to an otherwise identical model using solar metallicity input physics only. The second part deals with the chemical evolution during a starburst and contrasts model predictions with observational clues.