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Studying star formation beyond the optical radius of galaxies allows us to test empirical relations in extreme conditions with low average gas density and low molecular fraction. Previous studies discovered galaxies with extended…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-21 Linda C. Watson , Paul Martini , Ute Lisenfeld , Torsten Boeker , Eva Schinnerer

We present a study of the inner (out to $\sim$1 R$_{\mathrm{eff}}$) stellar populations of 9 shell galaxies. We derive stellar population parameters from long slit spectra by both analyzing the Lick indices of the galaxies and by fitting…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-11 S. Carlsten , G. K. T. Hau , A. Zenteno

Stellar population studies of early-type galaxies (ETGs) based on their optical stellar continuum suggest that these are quiescent systems. However, emission lines and ultraviolet photometry reveal a diverse population. We use a new version…

We present the detailed optical to far-infrared observations of SST J1604+4304, an ULIRG at z = 1.135. Analyzing the stellar absorption lines, namely, the CaII H & K and Balmer H lines in the optical spectrum, we derive the upper limits of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 K. Kawara , S. Oyabu , Y. Matsuoka , Y. Yoshii , T. Minezaki , H. Sameshima , N. Asami , N. Ienaka , T. Kozasa

We present a detailed spatial analysis of stellar populations based on long-slit optical spectra in a sample of eight luminous early-type galaxies selected from nearby sparse groups and pairs, three of them may be interacting with a galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-11 D. A. Rosa , A. C. Milone , A. C. Krabbe , I. Rodrigues

We present stellar density maps of the Galactic outer disc with red clump stars from the LAMOST data. These samples are separated into younger (mean age ~ 2.7 Gyr) and older (mean age ~ 4.6 Gyr) populations so that they can trace the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-16 Jun-chen Wan , Chao Liu , Li-cai Deng , Yue Wu

Images and longslit, echelle spectra of the \Ha emission from 14 dwarf galaxies and M82 have been used to identify expanding shells of ionized gas. Supershells (radius $>~300$ pc) are found in 12 of the dwarfs. The measured shell sizes and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Crystal L. Martin

We present the broad-band UV through mid-infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of a sample of 72 spectroscopically-confirmed star-forming galaxies at z=2.30+/-0.3. Located in a 72 arcmin-squared field centered on the bright…

We examine the properties of embedded clusters within 1 kiloparsec using new data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, as well as recent results from 2MASS and other ground-based near-infrared surveys. We use surveys of entire molecular clouds…

Isolated galaxies are the ideal reference sample to study the galaxy structure minimising potential environmental effects. We selected a complete sample of 14 nearby, late-type, highly inclined ($i\geq80^{\circ}$), isolated galaxies from…

We present near-infrared integral field spectroscopy of the central kiloparsec of 17 nearby luminous and ultra-luminous infrared galaxies undergoing major mergers. These observations were taken with OSIRIS assisted by the Keck I and II…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Anne M. Medling , Vivian U , Javiera Guedes , Claire E. Max , Lucio Mayer , Lee Armus , Bradford Holden , Rok Roškar , David Sanders

We analyse the spatially resolved colours of distant galaxies of known redshift in the Hubble Deep Field, using a new technique based on matching resolved four-band internal colour data to the predictions of evolutionary synthesis models.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. G. Abraham , R. S. Ellis , A. C. Fabian , N. R. Tanvir , K. Glazebrook

The recent star formation history (SFH) in the outer disk of NGC 300 is presented through the analysis of color magnitude diagrams (CMDs). We analyze resolved stellar photometry by creating CMDs from four Hubble Space Telescope fields…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-15 Tristan J. Hillis , Benjamin F. Williams , Andrew E. Dolphin , Julianne J. Dalcanton , Evan D. Skillman

Radial trends of stellar populations in galaxies provide a valuable tool to understand the mechanisms of galaxy growth. In this paper, we present the first comprehensive analysis of optical-optical and optical-NIR colours, as a function of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 F. La Barbera , I. Ferreras , R. R. de Carvalho , G. Bruzual , S. Charlot , A. Pasquali , E. Merlin

Formation, evolution, and dispersal processes of protoplanetary disks are investigated and the disk lifetime is estimated. Gravitational collapse of a pre-stellar core forms both a central star and a protoplanetary disk. The central star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-22 Shigeo S. Kimura , Masanobu Kunitomo , Sanemichi Z. Takahashi

We analyze very deep IRAC and MIPS photometry of $\sim$ 12,500 members of the 14 Myr old Double Cluster, h and $\chi$ Persei, building upon on our earlier, shallower Spitzer studies (Currie et al. 2007a, 2008a). Numerous likely members show…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Ryan Cloutier , Thayne Currie , George Rieke , Scott J. Kenyon , Zoltan Balog , Ray Jayawardhana

We study the relation between stellar ages and vertical velocity dispersion (the age-velocity relation, or AVR) in a sample of seven simulated disc galaxies. In our simulations, the shape of the AVR for stars younger than 9 Gyr depends…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-08-05 Marie Martig , Ivan Minchev , Chris Flynn

Protoplanetary disk evolution can be deeply influenced by the UV radiation emitted by neighboring massive stars (mainly of spectral type O and B). We show that the process of external photoevaporation, which causes an outside-in depletion…

Far ultraviolet FUV imagery of the edge-on, Sc/SBd galaxy, NGC 4631 reveals very strong FUV emission, resulting from active star formation, uniformly distributed along the galactic mid- plane. Multi-band imagery, HI and HII…

We investigate the nature of the diffuse intra-cluster ultraviolet light seen in twelve local starburst galaxies, using long-slit ultraviolet spectroscopy obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard the Hubble Space…