poststarburst en · ADJ
Etymology
From post- + starburst.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Following a starburst
These observations, combined with recent work on poststarburst galaxies with molecular reservoirs, indicates that galaxies do not need to expel their molecular reservoirs prior to quenching star formation and transitioning from blue spirals to red early-type galaxies.
2015, K. Alatalo, P.N. Appleton, U. Lisenfeld, T. Bitsakis, L. Lanz, M. Lacy, V. Charmandaris, M. Cluver, M.A. Dopita, P. Guillard, T. Jarrett, L.J. Kewley, K. Nyland, P.M. Ogle, J. Rasmussen, J.A. Rich, L. Verdes-Montenegro, C.K. Xu, M. Yun, “Star Formation Suppression in Compact Group Galaxies: A New Path to Quenching?”, in arXiv: