Consequences of massive star feedback in star-forming galaxies

Sally Oey
Lowell Observatory

Populations of massive stars are a principal driver of galaxy evolution.
The three dominant effects are:  1. Ionizing radiation, 2. Mechanical
feedback, and 3. Chemical enrichment.  I will present a self-consistent
semi-analytic investigation of the global consequences of these three
mechanisms on the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies, including
implications for their evolution.