Bibcode
Buitrago, Fernando; Trujillo, I.; Conselice, Christopher J.
Bibliographical reference
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. ISBN 978-3-642-11249-2. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, p. 261
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2010
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Description
We measure and analyze the sizes of 82 massive (M ≥ 1011 M
&sun;) galaxies at 1. 7 ≤ z ≤ 3 utilizing deep HST
NICMOS data taken in the GOODS North and South fields. Our sample
provides the first statistical study of massive galaxy sizes at z >
2. We split our sample into disk-like (Sérsic index n ≤ 2) and
spheroid-like (Sérsic index n > 2) galaxies, and find that at
a given stellar mass, disk-like galaxies at z ˜ 2. 3 are a factor
of 2. 6 ± 0. 3 smaller than present day equal mass systems, and
spheroid-like galaxies at the same redshift are 4. 3 ± 0. 7 times
smaller than comparatively massive elliptical galaxies today. We
furthermore show that the stellar mass densities of very massive
galaxies at z ˜ 2. 5 are similar to present-day globular clusters
with values ˜ 2 ×1010 M&sun; kpc
- 3.