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most citedThe Atlas3D project -- I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria

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astro-ph.CO2013★ 45 cited

NGC1266 as a Local Candidate for Rapid Cessation of Star Formation

Katherine Alatalo, Kristina Nyland, Genevieve Graves +27

We present new Spectrographic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae (SAURON) integral-field spectroscopy and Swift Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) observations of molecul…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 346 cited

The ATLAS project - XXV: Two-dimensional kinematic analysis of simulated galaxies and the cosmological origin of fast and slow rotators

T. Naab, L. Oser, E. Emsellem +26

We present a detailed two-dimensional stellar dynamical analysis of a sample of 44 cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of individual central galaxies and their satellites. Kine…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 66 cited

The ATLAS3D Project -- XXIII. Angular momentum and nuclear surface brightness profiles

Davor Krajnovic, A. M. Karick, Roger L. Davies +22

[Abridged and Edited] We investigate nuclear light profiles in 135 ATLAS3D galaxies for which the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging is available and compare them to the large sc…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 6 cited

Probing the mass assembly of massive nearby galaxies with deep imaging

Pierre-Alain Duc

According to a popular scenario supported by numerical models, the mass assembly and growth of massive galaxies, in particular the Early-Type Galaxies (ETGs), is, below a redshift…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 24 cited

The ATLAS 3D project - XVI. Physical parameters and spectral line energy distributions of the molecular gas in gas-rich early-type galaxies

Estelle Bayet, Martin Bureau, Timothy A. Davis +22

[Abridged] We present a detailed study of the physical properties of the molecular gas in a sample of 18 molecular gas-rich early-type galaxies (ETGs) from the ATLAS$ 3D sample. Ou…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 113 cited

The ATLAS3D project - XXII. Low-efficiency star formation in early-type galaxies: hydrodynamic models and observations

Marie Martig, Alison F. Crocker, Frederic Bournaud +27

We study the global efficiency of star formation in high resolution hydrodynamical simulations of gas discs embedded in isolated early-type and spiral galaxies. Despite using a uni…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 88 cited

The ATLAS3D Project - XXI. Correlations between gradients of local escape velocity and stellar populations in early-type galaxies

Nicholas Scott, Michele Cappellari, Roger L. Davies +22

We explore the connection between the local escape velocity, V_esc, and the stellar population properties in the ATLAS3D survey, a complete, volume-limited sample of nearby early-t…

astro-ph.CO2012

Quenching of Star Formation in Molecular Outflow Host NGC 1266

K. Alatalo, K. E. Nyland, G. Graves +23

We detail the rich molecular story of NGC 1266, its serendipitous discovery within the ATLAS3D survey (Cappellari et al. 2011) and how it plays host to an AGN-driven molecular outf…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 1 cited

AGN Feedback Driven Molecular Outflow in NGC 1266

K. Alatalo, K. E. Nyland, G. Graves +25

NGC 1266 is a nearby field galaxy observed as part of the ATLAS3D survey (Cappellari et al. 2011). NGC 1266 has been shown to host a compact (< 200 pc) molecular disk and a mass-lo…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 160 cited

The ATLAS3D project - XVII. Linking photometric and kinematic signatures of stellar discs in early-type galaxies

Davor Krajnovic, Katherine Alatalo, Leo Blitz +20

[Abridged] We analyse the morphological structures in galaxies of the ATLAS3D sample by fitting a single Sersic profile and decomposing all non-barred objects (180 of 260 objects)…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 235 cited

The Atlas3D project - XIV. The extent and kinematics of molecular gas in early-type galaxies

Timothy A. Davis, Katherine Alatalo, Martin Bureau +23

We use interferometric CO observations to compare the extent, surface brightness profiles and kinematics of the molecular gas in CO-rich Atlas3D early-type galaxies (ETGs) and spir…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 165 cited

The ATLAS3D project - XVIII. CARMA CO imaging survey of early-type galaxies

Katherine Alatalo, Timothy A. Davis, Martin Bureau +23

We present the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter Astronomy (CARMA) ATLAS3D molecular gas imaging survey, a systematic study of the distribution and kinematics of molecular…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 66 cited

Discovery of a giant HI tail in the galaxy group HCG 44

Paolo Serra, Baerbel Koribalski, Pierre-Alain Duc +25

We report the discovery of a giant HI tail in the intra-group medium of HCG 44 as part of the Atlas3D survey. The tail is ~300 kpc long in projection and contains ~5x10^8 M_sun of…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 704 cited

The Atlas3D project - XX. Mass-size and mass-sigma distributions of early-type galaxies: bulge fraction drives kinematics, mass-to-light ratio, molecular gas fraction and stellar initial mass function

Michele Cappellari, Richard M. McDermid, Katherine Alatalo +21

We study the (M,sigma) and (M,Re) projections of the thin Mass Plane (MP) (M,sigma,Re) which describes the distribution of the galaxy population. The distribution of galaxy propert…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 734 cited

The Atlas3D project - XV. Benchmark for early-type galaxies scaling relations from 260 dynamical models: mass-to-light ratio, dark matter, Fundamental Plane and Mass Plane

Michele Cappellari, Nicholas Scott, Katherine Alatalo +21

We study the volume-limited and nearly mass selected (stellar mass M>6*10^9 Msun) Atlas3D sample of 260 early-type galaxies. We construct detailed axisymmetric dynamical models (JA…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 57 cited

Gemini GMOS and WHT SAURON integral-field spectrograph observations of the AGN driven outflow in NGC 1266

Timothy A. Davis, Davor Krajnovic, Richard M. McDermid +24

We use the SAURON and GMOS integral field spectrographs to observe the active galactic nucleus (AGN) powered outflow in NGC 1266. This unusual galaxy is relatively nearby (D=30 Mpc…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 57 cited

The Atlas3D project - XII. Recovery of the mass-to-light ratio of simulated early-type barred galaxies with axisymmetric dynamical models

Pierre-Yves Lablanche, Michele Cappellari, Eric Emsellem +22

We investigate the accuracy in the recovery of the stellar dynamics of barred galaxies when using axisymmetric dynamical models. We do this by trying to recover the mass-to-light r…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 613 cited

A systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies

Michele Cappellari, Richard M. McDermid, Katherine Alatalo +22

Much of our knowledge of galaxies comes from analysing the radiation emitted by their stars. It depends on the stellar initial mass function (IMF) describing the distribution of st…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 1 cited

Simulations of binary galaxy mergers and the link with Fast Rotators, Slow Rotators, and Kinematically Distinct Cores

Maxime Bois, Eric Emsellem, Frédéric Bournaud +21

We study the formation of early-type galaxies (ETGs) through mergers with a sample of 70 high-resolution numerical simulations of binary mergers of disc galaxies. These simulations…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 92 cited

The Atlas3D Project -- XI. Dense molecular gas properties of CO-luminous early-type galaxies

Alison Crocker, Melanie Krips, Martin Bureau +24

Surveying eighteen 12CO-bright galaxies from the ATLAS3D early-type galaxy sample with the Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30m telescope, we detect 13CO(1-0) and…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 412 cited

The Atlas3D project -- XIII. Mass and morphology of HI in early-type galaxies as a function of environment

Paolo Serra, Tom Oosterloo, Raffaella Morganti +23

We present the Atlas3D HI survey of 166 nearby early-type galaxies (ETGs) down to M(HI)~10^7 M_sun. We detect HI in ~40% of all ETGs outside the Virgo cluster and in ~10% of all ET…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 108 cited

The ATLAS3D Project-- VIII: Modelling the Formation and Evolution of Fast and Slow Rotator Early-Type Galaxies within CDM

Sadegh Khochfar, Eric Emsellem, Paolo Serra +22

We propose a simple model for the origin of fast and slow rotator early-type galaxies (ETG) within the hierarchical CDM scenario, that is based on the assumption that the mass f…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 291 cited

The Atlas3D project - X. On the origin of the molecular and ionised gas in early-type galaxies

Timothy A. Davis, Katherine Alatalo, Marc Sarzi +22

We make use of interferometric CO and HI observations, and optical integral-field spectroscopy to probe the origin of the molecular and ionised interstellar medium (ISM) in local e…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 107 cited

The Atlas-3D project - IX. The merger origin of a fast and a slow rotating Early-Type Galaxy revealed with deep optical imaging: first results

Pierre-Alain Duc, Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Paolo Serra +24

The mass assembly of galaxies leaves imprints in their outskirts, such as shells and tidal tails. The frequency and properties of such fine structures depend on the main acting mec…