Elena Terlevich
Mexico – Inst. Nac. de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica
Made in Córdoba; Sersic-Pastoriza galaxies
Abstract: This intriguing class of galaxies called Sersic-Pastoriza after the Sersic and Pastoriza 1965 seminal paper, appear in galaxies from different morphological classes and with different degrees of nuclear activity, all of them displaying a circumnuclear ring of star formation. Their study helps setting constraints for different aspects of galaxy formation and evolution, in particular it allows to investigate the conditions for star formation present in high metallicity environments. In my talk I will concentrate on this aspect, emphasising on new methods devised in order to study these extreme regimes.