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Article Contents
- ABSTRACT
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 2.BACKGROUND
- - Pre-IRAS
- - Early IRAS Results
- 3.REDSHIFT SURVEYS
- - Luminosity Functions
- - Spectral Energy Distributions
- 4.PROPERTIES OF LUMINOUS INFRARED
GALAXIES
- - Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging
- - Optical and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
- - Mid- and Far-Infrared (Post-IRAS)
Observations
- - Submillimeter Continuum
- - Radio Continuum
- - Gas Content
- - High-Energy Observations
- 5.ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LUMINOUS
INFRARED GALAXIES
- - Strong Interactions and Mergers
- - Case Studies
- 6.ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA
- - Formation of Ellipticals
- - Formation of Star Clusters
- - Formation of Dwarf Galaxies
- - Enrichment of the Intergalactic Medium
- 7.THEORETICAL MODELS
- 8.SUMMARY
- REFERENCES