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The size and mass evolution of the massive galaxies over cosmic time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2013

Ignacio Trujillo
Ignacio Trujillo*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, c/ Vía Láctea s/n, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: trujillo@iac.es
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Abstract

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Once understood as the paradigm of passively evolving objects, the discovery that massive galaxies experienced an enormous structural evolution in the last ten billion years has opened an active line of research. The most significant pending question in this field is the following: which mechanism has made galaxies to grow largely in size without altering their stellar populations properties dramatically? The most viable explanation is that massive galaxies have undergone a significant number of minor mergers which have deposited most of their material in the outer regions of the massive galaxies. This scenario, although appealing, is still far from be observationally proved since the number of satellite galaxies surrounding the massive objects appears insufficient at all redshifts. The presence also of a population of nearby massive compact galaxies with mixture stellar properties is another piece of the puzzle that still does not nicely fit within a comprehensive scheme. I will review these and other intriguing properties of the massive galaxies in this contribution.

Keywords

galaxies: elliptical and lenticularcDgalaxies: evolutiongalaxies: formationgalaxies: fundamental parametersgalaxies: high-redshiftgalaxies: structure
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S295: The intriguing life of massive galaxies , August 2012 , pp. 27 - 36
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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