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Cairós, L. M.; Caon, N.; Weilbacher, P.; Papaderos, P.; García-Lorenzo, B.
Referencia bibliográfica
Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, ISBN 978-3-642-22017-3. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, p. 221
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2012
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Descripción
Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxies are metal-poor and gas-rich systems
undergoing intense, spatially extended star-forming activity. These
galaxies offer a unique opportunity to investigate dwarf galaxy
formation and evolution, and probe violent star formation and its
implications on the chemical, dynamical and structural properties of
low-mass extragalactic systems near and far. Several fundamental
questions in BCD research, such as their star formation histories and
the mechanisms that control their cyclic starburst activity, are still
far from well understood. In order to improve our understanding on BCD
evolution, we are carrying out a comprehensive Integral Field
Spectroscopic (IFS) survey of a large sample of BCDs. Integral Field
Unit (IFU) spectroscopy provides simultaneously spectral and spatial
information, allowing, in just one shot, to study the morphology and
evolutionary status of the stellar component, and the physical
properties of the warm interstellar medium (e.g., extinction, chemical
abundances, kinematics). This ongoing IFS survey will supply much needed
local templates that will ease the interpretation of IFS data for
intermediate and high-redshift star-forming galaxies.