| Subject Index | | page number |
| associations | | 6, 7, 11, 182 |
| age determination | | 5, 11, 50, 56, 68 |
| AGNs | | 27 |
| blow out | | (see outflow) |
| bow shock | | 5, 10 |
| BCDs | | 46, 61, 79, 83, 95, 137 |
| C II 158 mum | | 174 |
| Ca II triplet | | 63 |
| CDM | | (see dark matter) |
| chemical evolution | | 64, 67, 86, 192, 309 |
| clusters of galaxies |
| | Fornax cluster | 213 |
| | Hickson groups | 205 |
| | M 81 group | 51, 115, 119, 123, 141, 159, 177, 198, 202, 231, 235 |
| | Virgo cluster | 213, 243 |
| CMDs | | (see population studies) |
| cosmology | | 194, 227, 278, 295, 297 |
| damped Ly alpha | | 303 |
| dark matter | | 189, 291, 297, 307 |
| disk galaxies | | 247 |
| dust |
| | observed | 132, 165 |
| | PAHs | 176 |
| dwarf galaxies |
| | as building blocks | 216, 299 |
| | type description | 46, 189 |
| | types | (no referencing, since they appear everywhere) |
| formation of galaxies | | 297 |
| gas to dust | | 16 |
| gravitational interaction | | (see interacting galaxies) |
| H I | | 29, 33, 141, 153, 157, 162, 197, 232, 255, 292 |
| H II, H alpha | | 9, 12, 22, 80, 147 |
| H2 | | (see molecules) |
| infrared (1 - 200 mum) | | 44, 97, 104, 107, 111, 158, 166, 174, 235 |
| interacting galaxies | | 5, 33, 39, 47, 156, 263, 269, 273, 277, 283, 287 |
| intergalactic clouds | | 116, 129, 143, 153, 214 |
| interstellar medium |
| | cold | 25 |
| | hot | 16 |
| local group | | 45, and see object list |
| luminosity function |
| | stellar | 11, 80 |
| | of DGs | 208, 209 |
| mass function |
| | stars | 12 |
| | H I clouds | 197 |
| mass-luminosity relation | | 77, 195, 197, 223, 292 |
| mechanical energy | | 145, 184 |
| metal abundance | | 39, 63, 90, 97, 108, 118, 155, 173 |
| molecules |
| | CO observed | 19, 23, 115, 119, 127, 131, 273 |
| | H2 observed | 16 |
| | H2 X-ray absorption | 29 |
| | H2 calculated | 120, 139, 169 |
| | X-factor | (see X-factor) |
| N-body simulations | | 265 |
| log N - log S | | 30 |
| outflow | | 145, 181, 190, 233 |
| peanut/boxy galaxies | | 251, 255, 259 |
| plasma code | | 148 |
| population studies | | 5, 11, 45, 53, 67, 75, 79, 83, 89, 95, 99, 103, 107 |
| porosity ISM | | 186 |
| rotation curve | | 150, 291 |
| shells |
| | bubbles | 150, 181 |
| | (super) (giant) shells | 5, 20, 144 |
| spatial distribution of DGs | | 197, 201, 208, 214, 219, 227 |
| star formation |
| | burst | 73, 157, 161, 235, 231, 235, 239, 287 |
| | episodic | 57 |
| | gasps | 73 |
| | history | 70, 83, 103, 123, 219, 309 |
| | rate | 86, 223, 275, 301 |
| | SSPSF | 5 |
| | trigger for | 8, 239 |
| stars |
| | AGB | 50 |
| | blue SG | 89 |
| | HB | 53, 88 |
| | RG, RSG | 59, 89 |
| | RR Lyrae | 59 |
| | O, OB | 5, 182 |
| | red clump | see stars HB |
| | Wolf-Rayet | 92, 182 |
| sub mm | | 131, 158, 166 |
| supernovae | | 10, 181 |
| surface brightness profile | | 55, 59, 111, 243, 247, 259, 271, 284 |
| tidal dwarfs | | (see interacting galaxies) |
| tip of RGB | | 50 |
| ultraviolet | | 15, 44, 146 |
| voids | | 197, 201, 219 |
| warps | | (see interacting galaxies) |
| winds | | (see outflow) |
| X-rays | | 24, 27, 143, 146 |
| X-factor | | 20, 25, 115, 120, 127, 138, 169 |
| X-factor and metallicity | | 118, 128, 140, 172 |