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We examine the alignment between Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) and their host clusters in a sample of 7031 clusters with 0.08<z<0.44 found using a matched-filter algorithm and an independent sample of 5744 clusters with 0.1<z<0.3…

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We use a combination of deep optical and near-infrared light profiles for a morphologically diverse sample of Virgo cluster galaxies to study the radially-resolved stellar populations of cluster galaxies over a wide range of galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Joel C. Roediger , Stephane Courteau , Lauren A. MacArthur , Michael McDonald

The details of the stellar mass assembly of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) remain an unresolved problem in galaxy formation. We have developed a novel approach that allows us to construct a sample of clusters that form an evolutionary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Yen-Ting Lin , Mark Brodwin , Anthony H. Gonzalez , Paul Bode , Peter R. M. Eisenhardt , S. A. Stanford , Alexey Vikhlinin

We present an analysis of the global stellar populations of galaxies in the SAMI Galaxy Survey. Our sample consists of 1319 galaxies spanning four orders of magnitude in stellar mass and includes all morphologies and environments. We derive…

The color distributions of globular clusters (GCs) in individual early-type galaxies show great diversity in their morphology. Based on the conventional "linear" relationship between the colors and metallicities of GCs, the GC metallicity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-09 Sang-Yoon Lee , Chul Chung , Suk-Jin Yoon

We present photometry and long-slit spectroscopy for 12 S0 and spiral galaxies selected from the Catalogue of Isolated Galaxies. The structural parameters of the sample galaxies are derived from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey i-band images by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-05 L. Morelli , M. Parmiggiani , E. M. Corsini , L. Costantin , E. Dalla Bontà , J. Mèndez-Abreu , A. Pizzella

We study Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) in $\sim5000$ galaxy clusters from the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program. The sample is selected over an area of 830 $\textrm{deg}^2$ and is uniformly distributed in redshift over…

We combine MUSE spectroscopy and Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet (UV) photometry to perform a study of the chemistry and dynamics of the Galactic globular cluster Messier 80 (M80, NGC 6093). Previous studies have revealed three stellar…

We present a newly observed relation between galaxy mass and radial metallicity gradients of early-type galaxies. Our sample of 51 early-type galaxies encompasses a comprehensive mass range from dwarf to brightest cluster galaxies. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 Max Spolaor , Robert N. Proctor , Duncan A. Forbes , Warrick J. Couch

This paper presents Gemini-$gri'$ high quality photometry for cluster candidates in the field of NGC 1316 (Fornax A) as part of a study that also includes GMOS spectroscopy. A preliminary discussion of the photometric data indicates the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-18 Leandro A. Sesto , Favio R. Faifer , Juan C. Forte

The degree of influence that environment and mass have on the stellar populations of early-type galaxies is uncertain. In this paper we present the results of a spectroscopic analysis of the stellar populations of early-type galaxies aimed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Craig Harrison , Matthew Colless , Harald Kuntschner , Warrick Couch , Roberto De Propris , Michael Pracy

We use stellar and dynamical mass profiles, combined with a stellar population analysis, of 32 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) at redshifts of 0.05 $\leq z \leq$ 0.30, to place constraints on their stellar Initial Mass Function (IMF). We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 S. I. Loubser , H. Hoekstra , A. Babul , Y. M. Bahé , M. Donahue

We present a new determination of the metallicity distribution, age, and luminosity function of the Galactic bulge stellar population. By combining near-IR data from the 2MASS survey, from the SOFI imager at ESO NTT and the NICMOS camera on…

We use the L-GALAXIES semi-analytic model to investigate the evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) found in clusters at $\rm z \sim 0$. BCGs are typically located in the central region of galaxy clusters, near the bottom of the…

Key information to understand the formation and evolution of disk galaxies are imprinted in the stellar populations of their bulges. This paper has the purpose to make available new measurements of the stellar population properties of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 L. Morelli , A. Pizzella , E. M. Corsini , E. Dalla Bontà , L. Coccato , J. Méndez-Abreu , M. Parmiggiani

We study the internal radial gradients of the stellar populations in a sample comprising 522 early-type galaxies (ETGs) from the SAMI (Sydney- AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph) Galaxy Survey. We stack the spectra of individual…

We analyse the population of bright star clusters in the interacting galaxy pair NGC 4038/39 detected with HST WFPC1 by Whitmore & Schweizer (1995) using our spectrophotometric evolutionary synthesis models for various initial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Uta Fritze-v. Alvensleben

(Abridged) Fossil systems are galaxy associations dominated by a relatively isolated, bright elliptical galaxy, surrounded by a group of smaller galaxies lacking L* objects. We analyzed the near-infrared photometric and structural…

We report the results of a multi-waveband analysis of the masses and luminosities of $\sim$600 galaxy groups and clusters identified in the maxBCG catalogue. These data are intended to form the basis of future work on the formation of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Robert N. Proctor , Claudia Mendes de Oliveira , Luiz Azanha , Renato Dupke , Roderik Overzier

We explore stellar population properties separately in the bulge and the disk of double-component cluster galaxies to shed light on the formation of lenticular galaxies in dense environments. We study eight low-redshift clusters from the…