Reconstructing the mass assembly history with kinematics and nuclear light profiles

Abstract

In this contribution I show that by combining imaging and integral-field spectroscopy it is possible to unravel the internal structure of galaxies. In particular, I will present the photometric and kinematic evidence for discs linking them with stellar angular momentum content of early-type galaxies. Furthermore, I show that the existence of both fast rotators with core and slow rotators with core-less nuclear light profiles challenges the standard formation scenarios for fast and slow rotators and suggests new pathways of mass assembly.

arXiv commentContributed Talk, to appear in Proceedings of IAU Symposium 311, Galaxy Masses as Constraints of Formation Models, M,. Cappellari & S. Courteau, eds. The revised version has one reference added

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