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We present spectroscopic evolutionary synthesis calculations for starburst galaxies of various metallicities in order to model the broad emission lines HeII λ4686 and CIII λ4650 produced by Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in the spectra of WR galaxies. The strengths of both lines strongly decrease with decreasing metallicity. The presence of WR emission features is a clear indicator of very recent. star formation less than 4 to 7 × 106 yr ago. Bursts of duration 1 to 5 × 106 yr which lead to an increase in the total stellar mass in the galaxy by 0.1 to 10 % are compatible with the equivalent width of Hell λ4686 observed in WR galaxies.
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Krüger, H., Alvensleben, U.FV., Fricke, K.J., Loose, HH. (1993). Spectroscopic Evolutionary Synthesis Models of Wolf-Rayet Galaxies. In: Beckman, J.E. (eds) The Nearest Active Galaxies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1930-6_9
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