The most metal-poor galaxies

D Kunth, G Östlin - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2000 - Springer
Metallicity is a key parameter that controls many aspects in the formation and evolution of
stars and galaxies. In this review we focus on the metal deficient galaxies, in particular the …

CANDELS: the cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey

NA Grogin, DD Kocevski, SM Faber… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey
(CANDELS) is designed to document the first third of galactic evolution, over the …

The star formation histories of galaxies in distant clusters

BM Poggianti, I Smail, A Dressler… - The Astrophysical …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a detailed analysis of the spectroscopic catalog of galaxies in 10 distant clusters
from Dressler et al. We investigate the nature of the different spectral classes defined by …

The nature of compact galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field. II. Spectroscopic properties and implications for the evolution of the star formation rate density of the …

R Guzmán, J Gallego, DC Koo, AC Phillips… - The Astrophysical …, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a spectroscopic study of 51 compact field galaxies with redshifts z< 1.4 and
apparent magnitudes I 814< 23.74 in the flanking fields of the Hubble Deep Field. These …

z∼ 4 Hα Emitters in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Tracing the Dominant Mode for Growth of Galaxies

H Shim, RR Chary, M Dickinson, L Lin… - The astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present evidence for strong Hα emission in galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts in the
range of 3.8< z< 5.0 over the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey fields. Among 74 …

Massive star formation in Wolf-Rayet galaxies-II. Optical spectroscopy results

AR López-Sánchez, C Esteban - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2009 - aanda.org
Aims. We have performed a comprehensive multiwavelength analysis of a sample of 20
starburst galaxies that show the presence of a substantial population of very young massive …

The luminosity function and star formation rate between redshifts of 0.07 and 1.47 for narrowband emitters in the Subaru Deep Field

C Ly, MA Malkan, N Kashikawa… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
SDF line-emitting galaxies in four narrowband filters at low and intermediate redshifts are
presented. Broadband colors, follow-up optical spectroscopy, and multiple NB filters are …

The Hα Luminosity Function and Star Formation Rate at z~ 0.2

L Tresse, SJ Maddox - The Astrophysical Journal, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
We have measured the H α+[N II] fluxes of the I-selected Canada-France Redshift Survey
(CFRS) galaxies lying at a redshift z below 0.3 and hence derived the H α luminosity …

Mid-infrared properties of low-metallicity blue compact dwarf galaxies from the Spitzer infrared spectrograph

Y Wu, V Charmandaris, L Hao, BR Brandl… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a Spitzer-based mid-infrared (MIR) study of a large sample of blue compact
dwarfs (BCDs) using the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS), including the first MIR spectrum of I Zw …

The Hα Luminosity Function and Star Formation Rate Volume Density at z= 0.8 from the NEWFIRM Hα Survey

C Ly, JC Lee, DA Dale, I Momcheva… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new measurements of the Hα luminosity function (LF) and star formation rate
(SFR) volume density for galaxies at z∼ 0.8. Our analysis is based on 1.18 μm narrowband …