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Peralta de Arriba, L.; Balcells, M.; Trujillo, I.; Falcón-Barroso, J.
Bibliographical reference
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VII, Proceedings of the X Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), held in Valencia, July 9 - 13, 2012, Eds.: J.C. Guirado, L.M. Lara, V. Quilis, and J. Gorgas., pp.455-455
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2013
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Description
Size evolution studies have shown that the structural properties of the
elliptical galaxies dramatically changed with cosmic time (e. g.
Trujillo et al. 2007). This result challenges the ideas developed from
the detailed analyses of the stellar populations of these galaxies in
the nearby universe. The study of the local elliptical galaxies has
revealed their stars are old, and formed over short-timescales (see the
review by Renzini 2006). In order to resolve this discrepancy, it has
been hypothesized that new material continuously accretes in minor
merger events (Naab et al. 2007). Index-index diagrams are a promising
way to probe the minor merger scenario. However, a large sample of
galaxies is required for this goal. In this poster we present our
preliminary index measurements of a subsample of galaxies studied by
Trujillo et al. (2007) using the spectra published by the DEEP2 DR4
survey (Newman et al. 2012).