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Galaxies: evolution

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The Sluggs Survey: Combining Stellar And Globular Cluster Metallicities In The Outer Regions Of Early-Type Galaxies, Nicola Pastorello, Duncan Forbes, Christopher Usher, Jean Brodie, Aaron Romanowsky, Jay Strader, Lee Spitler, Adebusola Alabi, Caroline Foster, Zachary Jennings, Sreeja Kartha, Vincenzo Pota Aug 2015

The Sluggs Survey: Combining Stellar And Globular Cluster Metallicities In The Outer Regions Of Early-Type Galaxies, Nicola Pastorello, Duncan Forbes, Christopher Usher, Jean Brodie, Aaron Romanowsky, Jay Strader, Lee Spitler, Adebusola Alabi, Caroline Foster, Zachary Jennings, Sreeja Kartha, Vincenzo Pota

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The outer halo regions of early-type galaxies carry key information about their past accretion history. However, spectroscopically probing the stellar component at such galactocentric radii is still challenging. Using the DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Keck, we have been able to measure the metallicities of the stellar and globular cluster components in 12 early-type galaxies out to more than 10Re. We find similar metallicity gradients for the metal-poor and metal-rich globular cluster subpopulations, suggesting a common formation process for the two subpopulations. This is in conflict with most current theoretical predictions, where the metal-poor globular clusters are thought to …


The Sluggs Survey: Multipopulation Dynamical Modelling Of The Elliptical Galaxy Ngc 1407 From Stars And Globular Clusters, Vincenzo Pota, Aaron Romanowsky, Jean Brodie, Jorge Peñarrubia, Duncan Forbes, Nicola Napolitano, Caroline Foster, Matthew Walker, Jay Strader, Joel Roediger Jul 2015

The Sluggs Survey: Multipopulation Dynamical Modelling Of The Elliptical Galaxy Ngc 1407 From Stars And Globular Clusters, Vincenzo Pota, Aaron Romanowsky, Jean Brodie, Jorge Peñarrubia, Duncan Forbes, Nicola Napolitano, Caroline Foster, Matthew Walker, Jay Strader, Joel Roediger

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No abstract provided.


Spectroscopic Confirmation Of The Existence Of Large, Diffuse Galaxies In The Coma Cluster, Pieter Van Dokkum, Aaron Romanowsky, Roberto Abraham, Jean Brodie, Charlie Conroy, Marla Geha, Allison Merritt, Alexa Villaume, Jielai Zhang Jan 2015

Spectroscopic Confirmation Of The Existence Of Large, Diffuse Galaxies In The Coma Cluster, Pieter Van Dokkum, Aaron Romanowsky, Roberto Abraham, Jean Brodie, Charlie Conroy, Marla Geha, Allison Merritt, Alexa Villaume, Jielai Zhang

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No abstract provided.


Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Of Post-Starburst Quasars, S. Cales, M. Brotherton, Zhaohui Shang, Vardha Bennert, Gabriela Canalizo, R. Stoll, R. Ganguly, D. Berk, Cassandra Paul, A. Diamond-Stanic Oct 2011

Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Of Post-Starburst Quasars, S. Cales, M. Brotherton, Zhaohui Shang, Vardha Bennert, Gabriela Canalizo, R. Stoll, R. Ganguly, D. Berk, Cassandra Paul, A. Diamond-Stanic

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We present images of 29 post-starburst quasars (PSQs) from a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Wide Field Channel Snapshot program. These broadlined active galactic nuclei (AGNs) possess the spectral signatures of massive (Mburst ∼ 1010 M⊙), moderate-aged stellar populations (hundreds of Myr). Thus, their composite nature provides insight into the AGN–starburst connection. We measure quasar-to-host galaxy light contributions via semi-automated two-dimensional light profile fits of point-spread-function-subtracted images. We examine the host morphologies and model the separate bulge and disk components. The HST/ACS-F606W images reveal an equal number of spiral (13/29) and early-type (13/29) hosts, with the …