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Finding Double-Barred Galaxies with HST

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

T. Lisker ,
V. P. Debattista ,
I. Ferreras  and
P. Erwin
T. Lisker*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel, Switzerland
V. P. Debattista*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
I. Ferreras
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, UK
P. Erwin
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
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Abstract

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We show that the detection of double-barred (S2B) galaxies beyond the nearby universe is possible out to redshifts 0.1 ≲ z ≲ 0.5 with the resolution of the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys. We present the most distant S2B currently known, at z = 0.148.

Keywords

Galaxies: structuregalaxies: distances and redshiftsgalaxies: evolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S235: Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time , August 2006 , pp. 117
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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