Age and metallicity of the bulges in lenticular galaxies

Abstract

Panoramic spectroscopic data of the sample of 80 nearby lenticular galaxies obtained with the Multi-Pupil Fiber Spectrograph of the 6-m telescope are presented. The SSP-equivalent ages, [Z/H], and [Mg/Fe] are determined through the Lick indices H-beta, Mgb, and <Fe> separately for the nuclei and for the bulges. About a half of the sample contain chemically distinct nuclei, more metal-rich and younger than the bulges. The correlations of the stellar population properties for the nearby S0s are discussed.

arXiv comment5 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 245, "Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges", held at Oxford, U.K., July 2007, Eds. M. Bureau, E. Athanassoula, B. Barbuy

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