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Stellar Population gradients in early-type galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2006

Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez
Affiliation:
University of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE, Preston, UK
Duncan Forbes
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia
Jay Strader
Affiliation:
UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Pierre Ocvirk
Affiliation:
CEASaclay, L'Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex, France
Jean Brodie
Affiliation:
UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Robert Proctor
Affiliation:
CEASaclay, L'Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex, France
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Long-slit spectra have been obtained with the Keck telescope for a sample of 11 early-type galaxies covering a range in luminosity. Rotation velocity and velocity dispersions, together with 20 Lick line-strength gradients have been measured to two effective radius. We transform line-strength gradients into age, metallicity and α/Fe. Galaxies show very shallow age gradients, strong metallicity gradients, and both positive and negative α/Fe gradients, which cannot be explained with simple outside-in scenarios of galaxy formation. We explore the correlation of the gradients with other global parameters of the galaxies, finding different behaviour for the two families of galaxies, luminous (boxy, core inner profile) and less luminous (disky, cuspy inner profile) galaxies.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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