Abstract
Star-forming regions in galaxies consist of a number of components, the evolving young stellar clusters with their associated Hii regions, isolated OB stars embedded in compact Hii regions, older, non-ionizing stars, and the pre-existing old stellar populations. All of these are surrounded by a complex, turbulent and fractal screen of gas and obscuring dust. Here, I describe how self-consistent dynamical and radiative transfer modeling of these various components is leading to synthetic pan-spectral energy distributions ranging from the Lyman Limit up to millimetre wavelengths. These models provide excellent fits to real objects, and furnish the diagnostic tool needed to derive the fundamental parameters of star-forming galaxies in both the local and distant universe.
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Dopita, M.A. (2007). STAR FORMATION, INTERSTELLAR PHYSICS & THE SED OF GAS-RICH GALAXIES. In: DE JONG, R. (eds) ISLAND UNIVERSES. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5573-7_57
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