Dissecting starburst galaxies with infrared observations
arXiv:astro-ph/0411668 · doi:10.1007/1-4020-3539-X_19
Abstract
The infrared regime contains a number of unique diagnostic features for probing the astrophysics of starburst galaxies. After a brief summary of the most important tracers, we focus in detail on the use of emission lines to probe the upper part of the main sequence in a young superstarcluster in the Antennae, and the compact, dusty starburst in the nucleus of the nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp220
invited talk, to appear in Starburst - from 30 Doradus to Lyman break galaxies, eds. R. de Grijs and R.M. Gonzalez-Delgado; 6 pages with 4 figures