Bibcode
McDermid, Richard M.; Emsellem, Eric; Shapiro, Kristen L.; Bacon, Roland; Bureau, Martin; Cappellari, Michele; Davies, Roger L.; de Zeeuw, Tim; Falcón-Barroso, Jesús; Krajnović, Davor; Kuntschner, Harald; Peletier, Reynier F.; Sarzi, Marc
Referencia bibliográfica
Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time, Edited by F. Combes and J. Palous, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #235, held 14-17 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007., pp.122-122
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2007
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Descripción
By mapping both the stellar kinematics and absorption-line strengths in
a two-dimensional area, integral-field spectroscopy allows us to
directly associate dynamical structures, such as disks or
counter-rotating components, to changes in the stellar population. Using
data from both the SAURON survey and OASIS follow-up survey, we explore
the connection between stellar populations and dynamics in E/S0
galaxies, and in particular, find a number of galaxies which show young
stars associated to compact counter-rotating components. Of the galaxies
in our sample with global ages younger than 5 Gyr, more than half show
such a counter-rotating core, suggesting that these components (which
probably indicate a recent interaction) are important in driving the
spread in age of early-type galaxies. Moreover, the formation of these
counter-rotating structures may give rise to more vigorous star
formation than their co-rotating counterparts.