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astro-ph2001★ 183 cited
On the Escape of Ionizing Radiation from Starbursts
T. Heckman, K. R. Sembach, G. Meurer +3
Far-ultraviolet spectra obtained with show that the strong 1036 interstellar absorption-line is essentially black in five of the UV-brightest local starburst galaxies.…
astro-ph2001★ 179 cited
Empirical diagnostics of the starburst-AGN connection
R. Cid Fernandes, T. Heckman, H. Schmitt +2
We examine a representative sample of 35 Seyfert 2 nuclei. Previous work has shown that nearly 1/2 of these nuclei show the direct (but difficult-to-detect) spectroscopic signature…
astro-ph2001★ 131 cited
Star Formation in the Field and Clusters of NGC 5253
C. A. Tremonti, D. Calzetti, C. Leitherer +1
We investigate the star formation history of both the bright star clusters and the diffuse `field star' population in the dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 5253 using STIS longslit ultrav…