Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution: Proceedings of Symposium 3 of JENAM 2010

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Outstanding Questions in Dwarf Galaxy Research....Pages 3-21
The ISM of Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 23-36
Front Matter....Pages 37-38
Predicting the Frequencies of Young and of Tiny Galaxies....Pages 39-46
The Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of Isolated Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 47-54
Formation and Evolution of Gas-Rich Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 55-58
Flat Metallicity Profiles in Rotating Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 59-64
The Formation of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies and Nucleated Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 65-73
Morphological Mutations of Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 75-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-94
Stellar Archeology: A Cosmological View of dSphs....Pages 95-102
Constraints on the Effects of Reionization in the Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies: Some Conclusions from the LCID Project....Pages 103-111
The Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy as a Product of Tidal Stirring....Pages 113-117
A Chemical Evolution of Local Dwarf Galaxies: Draco Galaxy....Pages 119-122
Spatial Distribution of Stellar Components in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 123-126
Origin and Evolution State of the Fehrenbach-Duflot Star....Pages 127-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-132
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies: United and Divided....Pages 133-149
The [α/Fe] Ratios in Dwarf Galaxies: Evidence for a Non-universal Stellar Initial Mass Function?....Pages 151-154
A SAURON Study of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster: Kinematics and Stellar Populations....Pages 155-162
Dust in Cluster Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 163-167
LPVs as Possible Distance Indicators in NGC147 and NGC185....Pages 169-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-174
Star Forming Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 175-194
Front Matter....Pages 173-174
Measuring Star Formation Rates in Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 195-204
3D Spectroscopic Observations of Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 205-213
Ionization Conditions in the Central Giant H II Region of NGC 5253....Pages 215-219
Mapping the Properties of Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies by Means of Integral Field Spectroscopy....Pages 221-224
Physical Properties of 6dF Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 225-229
Wolf-Rayet Galaxies in SDSS DR7....Pages 231-234
Lyman α Emission and Super-Star Clusters in Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 235-242
Unveiling the Nature of the “Green Pea” Galaxies....Pages 243-251
On the Metallicity of Blue Compact Dwarfs....Pages 253-259
The LITTLE THINGS Survey....Pages 261-267
Warp or Lag? The Ionized and Neutral Hydrogen Gas in the Edge-on Dwarf Galaxy UGC 1281....Pages 269-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-276
Properties of Hα Emitting Dwarf Galaxies in Nearby Clusters....Pages 277-284
Dwarf Galaxies in Nearby Galaxy Groups....Pages 285-288
Dust Content of Virgo Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 289-293
Dwarf Galaxies in Nearby Groups of Galaxies: Photometric Properties....Pages 295-299
Near-Infrared Structural Properties of Irregular Dwarf Galaxies in Nearby Galaxy Groups....Pages 301-303
Birth, Life and Survival of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 305-313
Dwarf Galaxies in the Nearby Lynx-Cancer Void: Photometry, Colours and Ages....Pages 315-319
Pairwise Dwarf Galaxy Formation and Galaxy Downsizing: Some Clues from Extremely Metal-Poor Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 321-325
Back Matter....Pages 327-343