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DOI
Rusin, D.; Kochanek, C. S.; Falco, E. E.; Keeton, C. R.; McLeod, B. A.; Impey, C. D.; Lehár, J.; Muñoz, J. A.; Peng, C. Y.; Rix, H.-W.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 587, Issue 1, pp. 143-159.
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2003
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135
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Description
We investigate the evolution of mass-selected early-type field galaxies
using a sample of 28 gravitational lenses spanning the redshift range
0<~z<~1. Based on the redshift-dependent intercept of the
fundamental plane in the rest-frame B band, we measure an evolution rate
of dlog(M/L)B/dz=-0.56+/-0.04 (all errors are 1 σ
unless noted) if we directly compare to the local intercept measured
from the Coma Cluster. Refitting the local intercept helps minimize
potential systematic errors and yields an evolution rate of
dlog(M/L)B/dz=-0.54+/-0.09. An evolution analysis of properly
corrected aperture mass-to-light ratios (defined by the lensed image
separations) is closely related to the Faber-Jackson relation. In the
rest-frame B band, we find an evolution rate of
dlog(M/L)B/dz=-0.41+/-0.21, a present-day characteristic
magnitude of M*0=-19.70+5logh+/-0.29 (assuming a
characteristic velocity dispersion of
σDM*=225kms-1), and a Faber-Jackson slope of
γFJ=3.29+/-0.58. The measured evolution rates favor old
stellar populations (mean formation redshift
>1.8 at 2 σ confidence for a Salpeter
initial mass function and a flat Ωm=0.3 cosmology)
among early-type field galaxies and argue against significant episodes
of star formation at z<1.