Starburst Galaxies: Near and Far: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Ringberg Castle, Germany, 10–15 September 2000

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Starbursts Near and Far: An Overview....Pages 3-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Initial Mass Function in the Galactic Center....Pages 13-18
The IMF of Starbursts Near and Far....Pages 19-23
Evidence in Favour of IMF Variations....Pages 24-33
Evidence Supporting the Universality of the IMF....Pages 34-44
The Stellar Content of Obscured Galactic Giant HII Regions....Pages 45-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Star Formation in the Galactic Center and Nearby Nuclei....Pages 53-62
Star Formation in Galactic Disks....Pages 63-72
Nearby Dusty Starbursts....Pages 73-80
Starbursts, Dark Matter and Dwarf Galaxy Evolution....Pages 81-87
The Starburst-AGN Connection....Pages 88-94
Finding Signatures of the Youngest Starbursts....Pages 95-100
The BIGGEST Starbursts at the HIGHEST Redshifts....Pages 101-105
Star Clusters in Merging Galaxies....Pages 106-115
Spectroscopy of Compact Star Clusters in NGC 4038/4039....Pages 116-122
Near-IR Spectroscopy and Population Synthesis of Super Star Clusters in NGC 1569....Pages 123-128
The Obscured Mid-Infrared Continuum of NGC 4418: A Dust- and Ice-Enshrouded AGN....Pages 129-135
Modeling Starbursts in Interacting Galaxies....Pages 136-146
Evidence for Large Stellar Disks in Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 147-150
Starbursts in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies — Fueling and Properties....Pages 151-156
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
The Stellar Populations of Nearby Radiogalaxies....Pages 157-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Starbursting in Spiral Arms and ULIRGs....Pages 165-172
Extreme Starbursts and Molecular Clouds in Galaxies....Pages 173-181
Starbursts: Triggers and Evolution....Pages 182-187
The Genesis of Super Star Clusters as Self-Gravitating HII Regions....Pages 188-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Stellar Features in Integrated Starburst Spectra as Stellar Population Diagnostics....Pages 197-205
The Stellar Population of Nearby Starbursts....Pages 206-211
Star Formation Histories of Starbursts....Pages 212-217
Chemical Evolution and Starbursts....Pages 218-224
Chemical Abundances and Evolution in Nearby Starbursts....Pages 225-230
Can We Date Starbursts?....Pages 231-236
Investigating ULIRGs in the Near-Infrared: Imaging and Spectroscopy....Pages 237-242
Post-Starburst Populations Near and Far — The Potential of Near-IR Spectroscopy....Pages 243-248
Optical Spectra of Dusty Starbursts....Pages 249-254
The Nature of ISOCAM Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South....Pages 255-260
Hard X-rays from Starburst Galaxies Near and Far....Pages 261-266
Distribution of Star Formation Between Starbursts and Normal Galaxies....Pages 267-271
How to Correct for Dust Absorption in Starbursts....Pages 272-277
HST Ultraviolet Spectra of Nearby Starbursts: Benchmarks for High Redshift Galaxies....Pages 278-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Deep NICMOS/HST and Radio 1.4 GHz Observations of Galaxies at High Redshifts....Pages 287-292
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Star Forming Galaxies at z ≥ 2....Pages 293-296
Identification of ISOPHOT Deep Field Sources....Pages 297-302
The History of Starburst Galaxies....Pages 303-308
Radio Observations of High Redshift Star Forming Galaxies....Pages 309-317
The Cosmic Star-Formation History: The UV Finds Most....Pages 318-327
The Cosmic Star-Formation History: The Far-IR and Sub-mm View....Pages 328-337
Back Matter....Pages 338-338