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Modeling the Ages and Metallicities of Early-Type Galaxies in Fundamental Plane Space
L. A. Porter, R. S. Somerville, J. R. Primack +4
Recent observations have probed the formation histories of nearby elliptical galaxies by tracking correlations between the stellar population parameters, age and metallicity, and t…
Understanding the Structural Scaling Relations of Early-Type Galaxies
Lauren A. Porter, Rachel S. Somerville, Joel R. Primack +1
We use a large suite of hydrodynamical simulations of binary galaxy mergers to construct and calibrate a physical prescription for computing the effective radii and velocity disper…
A Comparison between Semi-Analytic Model Predictions for the CANDELS Survey
Yu Lu, Risa H. Wechsler, Rachel S. Somerville +13
We compare the predictions of three independently developed semi-analytic galaxy formation models that are being used to aid in the interpretation of results from the CANDELS surve…
CANDELS+3D-HST: compact SFGs at z~2-3, the progenitors of the first quiescent galaxies
G. Barro, S. M. Faber, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez +32
We analyze the star-forming and structural properties of 45 massive (log(M/Msun)>10) compact star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at 2<z<3 to explore whether they are progenitors of compac…
CANDELS: The progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z~2
Guillermo Barro, S. M. Faber, Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez +29
We combine high-resolution HST/WFC3 images with multi-wavelength photometry to track the evolution of structure and activity of massive (log(M*) > 10) galaxies at redshifts z = 1.4…
The Effect of Major Mergers on Age and Metallicity Across the Fundamental Plane
L. A. Porter, R. S. Somerville, D. J. Croton +4
Recent low-redshift observations have attempted to determine the star formation histories of elliptical galaxies by tracking correlations between the stellar population parameters…
The Role of Dissipation in the Scaling Relations of Cosmological Merger Remnants
M. D. Covington, J. R. Primack, L. A. Porter +3
There are strong correlations between the three structural properties of elliptical galaxies -- stellar mass, velocity dispersion and size -- in the form of a tight "fundamental pl…