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Gas and Stars in Galaxies - A Multi-Wavelength 3D Perspective
Matt Lehnert, Carlos De Breuck, Harald Kuntschner +1
An overview of the ESO/Radionet workshop devoted to 3D optical/near-infrared and sub-mm/radio observations of gas and stars in galaxies is presented. There will be no published pro…
The Slitless Spectroscopy Data Extraction Software aXe
Martin Kümmel, Jeremy Walsh, Norbert Pirzkal +2
The methods and techniques for the slitless spectroscopy software aXe, which was designed to reduce data from the various slitless spectroscopy modes of Hubble Space Telescope inst…
Stellar Velocity Profiles and Line-Strengths out to Four Effective Radii in the Early-Type Galaxy NGC 3379
A. Weijmans, M. Cappellari, P. T. de Zeeuw +6
We describe a new technique to measure stellar kinematics and line-strengths at large radii in nearby galaxies. Using the integral-field spectrograph SAURON as a 'photon-collector'…
The Hubble Legacy Archive NICMOS Grism Data
Wolfram Freudling, Martin Kümmel, Jonas Haase +6
The Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA) aims to create calibrated science data from the Hubble Space Telescope archive and make them accessible via user-friendly and Virtual Observatory (V…
The SAURON project - XII. Kinematic substructures in early-type galaxies: evidence for disks in fast rotators
Davor Krajnovic, R. Bacon, Michele Cappellari +10
[Abridged] We analysed two-dimensional maps of 48 early-type galaxies obtained with the SAURON and OASIS integral-field spectrographs using kinemetry, a generalisation of surface p…
Central K-band kinematics and line strength maps of NGC 1399
M. Lyubenova, H. Kuntschner, D. R. Silva
In this paper we present for the first time high spatial resolution K-band maps of the central kinematical and near-infrared spectral properties of the giant cD galaxy in the Forna…
The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. VLT/FORS2 Spectroscopy in the GOODS-South Field: Part III
E. Vanzella, S. Cristiani, M. Dickinson +15
Aims. We present the full data set of the spectroscopic campaign of the ESO/GOODS program in the GOODS-South field, obtained with the FORS2 spectrograph at the ESO/VLT. Method. Obj…
A New Approach to the Study of Stellar Populations in Early-Type Galaxies: K-band Spectral Indices and an Application to the Fornax Cluster
D. R. Silva, H. Kuntschner, M. Lyubenova
New measurements of K-band spectral features are presented for eleven early-type galaxies in the nearby Fornax galaxy cluster. Based on these measurements, the following conclusion…
Spiral Galaxies in the SAURON Survey
Reynier F. Peletier, Katia Ganda, Jesus Falcon-Barroso +11
We discuss some recent integral field spectroscopy using the SAURON instrument of a sample consisting of 24 early-type spirals, part of the SAURON Survey, and 18 late-type spirals.…
Fast and Slow Rotators: The build-up of the Red Sequence
Eric Emsellem, Michele Cappellari, Davor Krajnovic +11
Using the unique dataset obtained within the course of the SAURON project, a radically new view of the structure, dynamics and stellar populations of early-type galaxies has emerge…
Supermassive black holes from OASIS and SAURON integral-field kinematics
M. Cappellari, R. Bacon, R. L. Davies +10
Supermassive black holes are a key element in our understanding of how galaxies form. Most of the progress in this very active field of research is based on just ~30 determinations…
Recent Star Formation in Nearby Early-type Galaxies
M. Sarzi, R. Bacon, M. Cappellari +9
Motivated by recent progress in the study of early-type galaxies owing to technological advances, the launch of new space telescopes and large ground-based surveys, we attempt a sh…
The kinematics of Core and Cusp galaxies: comparing HST imaging and integral-field observations
J. Falcón-Barroso, R. Bacon, M. Cappellari +9
In this proceeding we look at the relationship between the photometric nuclear properties of early-type galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging and their overall kinematics as…
Towards a new classification of early-type galaxies: an integral-field view
J. Falcón-Barroso, R. Bacon, M. Cappellari +9
In this proceeding we make use of the two-dimensional stellar kinematics of a representative sample of E and S0 galaxies obtained with the SAURON integral-field spectrograph to rev…
Absorption line-strengths of 18 late-type spiral galaxies observed with SAURON
Katia Ganda, Reynier F. Peletier, Richard M. McDermid +10
We present absorption line-strength maps for a sample of 18 Sb-Sd galaxies observed using the integral-field spectrograph SAURON. The SAURON spectral range allows the measurement o…
The SAURON project - XI. Stellar Populations from Absorption Line Strength Maps of 24 Early-Type Spirals
Reynier F. Peletier, Jesus Falcon-Barroso, Roland Bacon +10
We present absorption line strength maps of a sample of 24 representative early-type spiral galaxies, mostly of type Sa, obtained as part of the SAURON survey of nearby galaxies us…
The SAURON project -- X. The orbital anisotropy of elliptical and lenticular galaxies: revisiting the (V/sigma,epsilon) diagram with integral-field stellar kinematics
M. Cappellari, E. Emsellem, R. Bacon +11
We analyse the orbital distribution of E and S0 galaxies using SAURON integral-field stellar kinematics. We construct the anisotropy (V/sigma,epsilon) diagram, for the 48 E/S0 gala…
The SAURON project -- IX. A kinematic classification for early-type galaxies
Eric Emsellem, Michele Cappellari, Davor Krajnovic +10
2D stellar kinematics of 48 representative E and S0 galaxies obtained with the SAURON IFS reveal that early-type galaxies appear in two broad flavours, depending on whether they ex…
The Nature of Galactic Bulges from SAURON Absorption Line Strength Maps
Reynier F. Peletier, Jesus Falcon-Barroso, Katia Ganda +10
We discuss SAURON absorption line strength maps of a sample of 24 early-type spirals, mostly Sa. From the Lick indices H, Mg b and Fe 5015 we derive SSP-ages and metallicities.…
On the origin and fate of ionised-gas in early-type galaxies: the SAURON perspective
M. Sarzi, R. Bacon, M. Cappellari +9
By detecting ionised-gas emission in 75% of the cases, the SAURON integral-field spectroscopic survey has further demonstrated that early-type galaxies often display nebular emissi…
The SAURON project - VIII. OASIS/CFHT integral-field spectroscopy of elliptical and lenticular galaxy centres
R. M. McDermid, E. Emsellem, K. L. Shapiro +10
We present high spatial resolution integral-field spectroscopy of 28 elliptical (E) and lenticular (S0) galaxies from the SAURON representative survey obtained with the OASIS spect…
Comparing dynamical and photometric-stellar masses of early-type galaxies at z ~ 1
A. Rettura, P. Rosati, V. Strazzullo +14
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between galaxy stellar masses, based on multiwavelength photometry spectral template fitting and dynamical masses based on…
Central stellar populations of early-type galaxies in low-density environments
M. Collobert, M. Sarzi, R. L. Davies +2
We have investigated the properties of a volume and magnitude limited sample of nearby early type galaxies that were carefully selected from the AAO two degree field galaxy redshif…
The SAURON project - VII. Integral-field absorption and emission-line kinematics of 24 spiral galaxy bulges
J. Falcón-Barroso, R. Bacon, M. Bureau +10
(Abridged) We present observations of the stellar and gas kinematics for a representative sample of 24 Sa galaxies obtained with our custom-built integral-field spectrograph SAURON…