Violent Star Formation: From 30 Doradus to QSOs

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Participants......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Violent Star Formation in 30 Doradus......Page 15
The Initial Mass Function of the Center of 30 Doradus......Page 27
The Nature and Kinematics of the Emission Nebulae in the Cyg OBI Supershell......Page 33
Asymmetry in the Vertical Distribution of Giant Molecular Clouds in the Carina Arm......Page 37
Supersonic Motions in Giant HII Regions......Page 39
A Kinematical Study of NGC 604......Page 53
UV Spectroscopy of Giant Extragalactic HII Regions: the Case of NGC 604......Page 55
Evolution of GEHRs: The Effects Caused by Champagne Flows......Page 57
Bursts of Star Formation in Central Disks of Galaxies......Page 59
Violent Star Formation......Page 64
Superassociations as Star Complexes with Violent Star Formation......Page 75
Violent Star Formation Driven by Shock-Shock Collisions......Page 79
The Search for Hierarchical Structure inside M31 Superassociations......Page 82
A Stochastic PSF Model: Smooth Spirals in Differentially Rotating Disks......Page 84
Spatiotemporal Pattern Driven by a Self-Regulating Mechanism of Star Formation......Page 89
Detection of an Age Gradient along the z-Axis in a Star-Forming Region......Page 91
Abundances of HII Regions and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies......Page 93
Galaxy Properties in Different Environments: Star Formation in Bulges of Late-Type Spirals......Page 108
Star Formation in Galaxies in the Bootes Void......Page 114
Physical Properties of Giant Extragalactic HII Regions......Page 119
The Giant HII Region NGC 2363......Page 131
Photometric Diagrams of NGC 2366......Page 137
Spectroscopical Imaging of Star-Forming Regions......Page 139
A Study on the HII Regions of NGC 4449......Page 145
Metallicity Effects on the Properties of Very Young Star Clusters......Page 147
The Prototype Starburst Galaxy NGC 7714: Physical Conditions of the Gas and the Stellar Populations......Page 153
Tracing Violent Star Formation: HI Observations of Nearby Galaxies......Page 159
Massive Star Formation and Supergiant Shells in the Irregular Galaxy NGC 55......Page 170
Galactic Supershells......Page 176
Violent Star Formation in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies......Page 182
Very Metal-Poor Galaxies and the Primordial Helium Abundance......Page 196
Implications from HI Composition and Ly[GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] Emission of HII Galaxies......Page 206
The IR- and X-Radiation of the Starburst Dwarf Galaxy UGCA 86......Page 214
High-Resolution CCD Photometry of HII Galaxies......Page 216
Formation of Narrow Hell [GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA]4686 Emission in HII Galaxies: Link with X-Ray Emission......Page 222
Environmental Effects in Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies......Page 228
Theory of Starburst and Ultraluminous Galaxies......Page 234
Colliding Galaxies, Shocked Gas, and Violent Star Formation......Page 257
Violent Star Formation in Merger Remnants......Page 263
UV Variability of IRAS 13224-3809......Page 270
Star Formation in Polar-Ring Galaxies......Page 272
Infrared Spectroscopy of IR-Luminous Galaxies......Page 277
Application of the Multiphase Model to the Galactic Bulge......Page 282
Stellar Populations and Population Gradients in Spiral Bulges......Page 284
Implications of Galaxy Alignment for the Galaxy Formation Problem......Page 289
Annular Structure Analysis of the Starburst Spiral Galaxy NGC 7217......Page 291
How a Dust Concentration Mimics Dynamical Signatures around the Nucleus of NGC 7331......Page 293
UGC 5101: An Ultraluminous IRAS Galaxy with Circumnuclear Star Formation......Page 295
The Stellar Content of Nearby and Distant Starbursts......Page 297
WR Stars in the Giant HII Region NGC 4236III......Page 303
Consequences of High Mass Loss Rates on Wolf-Rayet Populations in Starbursts......Page 305
Optical and Ultraviolet Morphology of the Starburst Regions in Wolf-Rayet Galaxies......Page 311
The Starburst Nucleus of M83......Page 317
Spectrophotometry of Haro Starburst Galaxies......Page 323
Starbursts in the Irregular Galaxy VV 523......Page 331
Long-Slit Spectroscopy of the Central Regions of Starburst Galaxies Henize 2-10 and Markarian 52......Page 333
Star Formation in Active Galactic Nuclei: the Cases of NGC 5135, NGC 6221 and NGC 7130......Page 339
Metallicity Effects on Starburst......Page 341
From 30 Doradus to QSOs......Page 343
Distance Indicators to Low-Luminosity AGN......Page 357
Broad- and Narrow-Band Imaging of the CfA Seyfert Sample......Page 359
Type Transitions in Starburst-Powered AGN......Page 361
Stellar Ionization of Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei......Page 367
Line Profiles in Compact Supernova Remnants and Active Galactic Nuclei......Page 379
Composite Galactic Nuclei......Page 391
The Nature and Origin of X-Ray Emission in Active Galaxies......Page 393
Starbursts and Compact Supernova Remnants......Page 401
Broad-Band and Line Emission from Fast Radiative Shocks in Dense Media......Page 410
Study of the Stellar Populations in AGN......Page 417
Bidimensional Spectroscopy of Seyfert Galaxies: Offset BLR in NGC 3227......Page 419
ROSAT Detection of the Most Rapidly Varying Seyfert Galaxy......Page 424
QSO Evolution: a Link with Starbursts?......Page 427
Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies -- a Chemo-Dynamical Model......Page 438
Birth of Galaxies at z = 2 or Violent Star Formation at z = 0.4?......Page 444