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Galaxy Starbursts

Galaxy Starbursts is a phenomenon in astrophysics characterized by a temporary, intense episode of star formation in a galaxy that significantly exceeds the typical rate observed in similar systems, thereby distinguishing it from steady-state star-forming processes.

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A Unified, Merger‐driven Model of the Origin of Starbursts, Quasars, the Cosmic X‐Ray Background, Supermassive Black Holes, and Galaxy Spheroids

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2006 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Galaxy bimodality due to cold flows and shock heating

Avishai Dekel, Yuval Birnboim · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2006 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Gasdynamics and Starbursts in Major Mergers

J. Christopher Mihos, Lars Hernquist · The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Rotating Nuclear Rings and Extreme Starbursts in Ultraluminous Galaxies

D. Downes, P. M. Solomon · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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On the nature and implications of starburst-driven galactic superwinds

Timothy M. Heckman, L. Armus, G. K. Miley · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1990 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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    R. J. Ivison

    Royal Observatory, United Kingdom

    34 publications · 4K citations

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  2. IS
    Ian Smail

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 3.4K citations

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  3. TM
    Timothy M. Heckman

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    27 publications · 5.7K citations

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  4. ED
    E. Daddi

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    23 publications · 3.8K citations

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  5. PV
    P. van der Werf

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    71 h-index

    354 publications

    41.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    57 h-index

    378 publications

    40.6K citations

  3. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    51 h-index

    187 publications

    22.8K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    50 h-index

    193 publications

    38.8K citations

  5. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    48 h-index

    126 publications

    13.3K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    47 h-index

    138 publications

    21.5K citations

  7. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    45 h-index

    161 publications

    18.8K citations

  8. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    44 h-index

    237 publications

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    138 publications · 9K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 65 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    36 publications · 4.3K citations

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