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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Dynamics of starbursting dwarf galaxies. I Zw 18
(published as: Lelli et al. 2012, A&A, 537, A72. ADS link)

Chapter 3: Dynamics of starbursting dwarf galaxies. II. UGC 4483
(published as: Lelli et al. 2012, A&A, 544, A145. ADS link )

Chapter 4: Dynamics of starbursting dwarf galaxies. III.
A HI study of 18 nearby objects

(published as: Lelli et al. 2014, A&A, 566, A71. ADS link )

Chapter 5: Evolution of dwarf galaxies: a dynamical perspective
(published as: Lelli et al. 2014, A&A, 563, A27. ADS link)

Chapter 6: What triggers starbursts in low-mass galaxies?
(published as: Lelli et al. 2014, MNRAS, 445, 1694. ADS link)

Chapter 7: A scaling relation for disk galaxies:
circular-velocity gradient versus central surface brightness

(published as: Lelli et al. 2013, MNRAS: Letters. ADS link )

Chapter 8: Conclusions & future prospects

Last update: 27 February 2015