Spheroid ages, kinematics and BH relations

Abstract

I very briefly discuss the ages and kinematics of spheroids as well as the black hole relations, via a few recent and illustrative studies, which include results on the downsizing, scaling laws, angular momentum and central massive objects.

Review in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 235, 2006, Eds F. Combes & J. Palous. 4 pages. Slight change of the text and references updated

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