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Downsizing Scaling Relations

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

Faber-Jackson and Tully-Fisher scaling relations for elliptical and spiral galaxy samples up to z=1 provide evidence for a differential behaviour of galaxy evolution with mass. In compliance with the downsizing scenario, the stellar populations of less massive galaxies display a stronger evolution than the more massive ones. For spirals, this may be attributed to a suppressed star formation efficiency in small dark matter halos. For ellipticals, star formation must have been negligible at least during the past ~4Gyr in all environments.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0509792,
  title  = {Downsizing Scaling Relations},
  author = {B. L. Ziegler and A. Böhm and A. Fritz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0509792},
  year   = {2009}
}

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2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in proceedings of the XXIst IAP Colloquium "Mass Profiles and Shapes of Cosmological Structures", Paris 4-9 July 2005, France, (Eds.) G. Mamon, F. Combes, C. Deffayet, B. Fort, EAS Publications Series