Distant early-type galaxies: tracers of the galaxy mass assembly evolution
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We review the most recent observational results on the formation and evolution of early-type galaxies and their mass assembly by focusing on: the existence, properties and role of distant old, massive, passive systems to z~2, the stellar mass function evolution, the ``downsizing'' scenario, and the high-z precursors of massive early-type galaxies.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0601497,
title = {Distant early-type galaxies: tracers of the galaxy mass assembly evolution},
author = {Andrea Cimatti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0601497},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 7 figures; invited review at the Workshop on "AGN and galaxy evolution", Specola Vaticana, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, 3-6 October 2005