Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1984. 22: 37-74
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STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF IRREGULAR GALAXIES

John S. Gallagher, III^1,2

Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Deidre A. Hunter

Kitt Peak National Observatory ³, Tucson, Arizona 85726

Table of Contents

BASIC PROPERTIES

Masses and Kinematics

Stellar Populations

STAR FORMATION PROPERTIES

Current Global Star Formation Rates

Distributions of Star-Forming Regions

Star_forming Complexes and the Interstellar Medium

The Initial Mass Function

STAR-FORMING HISTORIES

Constant Star Formation Rates

Bursts of Star Formation

SSPSF: A Possible Model

EVOLUTIONARY STATUS

¹ Supported in part by the National Science Foundation through grant AST 82-14127.
² Now at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
³ Operated by Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under contract from the National Science Foundation.