Red Nuggets at z~1.5: Compact passive galaxies and the formation of the Kormendy Relation

Ivana Damjanov, Patrick J. McCarthy, Roberto G. Abraham +13

We present the results of NICMOS imaging of a sample of 16 high mass passively evolving galaxies with 1.3<z<2, taken primarily from the Gemini Deep Deep Survey. Around 80% of galax…