Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Abundances in the Galaxy: field stars
- Part II Abundances in the Galaxy: Galactic stars in clusters, bulges and the centre
- Part III Observations – abundances in extragalactic contexts
- 16 Stellar abundances of early-type galaxies
- 17 Measuring chemical abundances in extragalactic metal-rich H ii regions
- 18 On the maximum oxygen abundance in metal-rich spiral galaxies
- 19 Starbursts and their contribution to metal enrichment
- 20 High metallicities at high redshifts
- 21 Evolution of dust and elemental abundances in quasar DLAs and GRB afterglows as a function of cosmic time
- 22 Dust, metals and diffuse interstellar bands in damped Lyman-alpha systems
- 23 Tracing metallicities in the Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope
- Part IV Stellar populations and mass functions
- Part V Physical processes at high metallicity
- Part VI Formation and evolution of metal-rich stars and stellar yields
- Part VII Chemical and photometric evolution beyond Solar metallicity
19 - Starbursts and their contribution to metal enrichment
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Abundances in the Galaxy: field stars
- Part II Abundances in the Galaxy: Galactic stars in clusters, bulges and the centre
- Part III Observations – abundances in extragalactic contexts
- 16 Stellar abundances of early-type galaxies
- 17 Measuring chemical abundances in extragalactic metal-rich H ii regions
- 18 On the maximum oxygen abundance in metal-rich spiral galaxies
- 19 Starbursts and their contribution to metal enrichment
- 20 High metallicities at high redshifts
- 21 Evolution of dust and elemental abundances in quasar DLAs and GRB afterglows as a function of cosmic time
- 22 Dust, metals and diffuse interstellar bands in damped Lyman-alpha systems
- 23 Tracing metallicities in the Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope
- Part IV Stellar populations and mass functions
- Part V Physical processes at high metallicity
- Part VI Formation and evolution of metal-rich stars and stellar yields
- Part VII Chemical and photometric evolution beyond Solar metallicity
Summary
I review the properties of starburst galaxies, compare the properties of the local ones with those of more distant starburts and examine their role in the metal enrichment of the interstellar medium and the intergalactic–intracluster medium. Metallicity is not an arrow of time and, contrary to current belief, metal-rich galaxies can also be found at high redshift.
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- The Metal-Rich Universe , pp. 173 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008