Far-ultraviolet spectra of starburst galaxies: stellar population and the kinematics of the interstellar medium

摘要

The far-ultraviolet spectra of the four starburst galaxies NGC 6090, Mrk 66, Mrk 1267, and IRAS 0833 + 6517 were observed with the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope during the Astro-2 mission. Addi- tional data were obtained for IRAS 0833+6517 with the Goddard High-resolution Spectrograph (GHRS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. We analyze the observations in terms of the stellar content and the kinematics of the interstellar medium, and we discuss the implications of these results for the inter- pretation of the ultraviolet spectra of high-redshift galaxies.