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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…
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…