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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

We derive ages, metallicities, and individual element abundances of early- and late-type galaxies (ETGs and LTGs) out to 1.5 R$_e$. We study a large sample of 1900 galaxies spanning $8.6 - 11.3 \log M/M_{\odot}$ in stellar mass, through key…

The properties of the stellar populations in a galaxy are known to correlate with the amount and the distribution of stellar mass. We take advantage of the maps of light-weighted mean stellar age Agewr and metallicity Z*wr for a sample of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-23 Stefano Zibetti , Anna R. Gallazzi

During the last years and decades several individual studies and large-scale spectroscopic surveys significantly improved our knowledge of the Galactic metallicity distribution based on open clusters. The availability of Gaia data provided…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-09 Martin Netopil , İnci Akkaya Oralhan , Hikmet Çakmak , Raúl Michel , Yüksel Karataş

{We present the radial metallicity gradients within the Galactic thin disc population through main-sequence stars selected on the chemical plane using GALAH DR3 accompanied with Gaia DR3 astrometric data. The [Fe/H], [$\alpha$/Fe] and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-22 F. Akbaba , T. Ak , S. Bilir , O. Plevne , Onal Tas. O , G. M. Seabroke

Age-metallicity relation for the Galactic disc is a crucial tool and to constrain the Galactic chemical evolution models. We investigate the age-metallicity relation of the Galactic disc using the red giant branch stars in the Solar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-01 S. Doner , S. Ak , O. Onal Tas , O. Plevne

We present spatially resolved, simple stellar population equivalent ages, stellar metallicities, and abundance ratios for 456 massive ($10.3\lesssim\log(\mathrm{M}_*/\mathrm{M}_\odot)\lesssim11.8$) quiescent galaxies at $0.6\lesssim…

We perform a "fossil record" analysis for ~800 low-redshift spiral galaxies, using STARLIGHT applied to integral field spectroscopic observations from the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey to obtain fully spatially-resolved high-resolution star…

By means of high-resolution cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-like disc galaxies, we conduct an analysis of the associated stellar metallicity distribution functions (MDFs). After undertaking a kinematic decomposition of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 F. Calura , B. K. Gibson , L. Michel-Dansac , G. S. Stinson , M. Cignoni , A. Dotter , K. Pilkington , E. L. House , C. B. Brook , C. G. Few , J. Bailin , H. M. P. Couchman , J. Wadsley , .

We present results from a pilot study of radial stellar population trends in early-type galaxies using the VLT VIMOS integral field unit (IFU). We observe twelve galaxies in the cluster Abell 3389 (z~0.027). For each galaxy, we measure 22…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. D. Rawle , Russell J. Smith , J. R. Lucey , A. M. Swinbank

Recent low-redshift observations have attempted to determine the star formation histories of elliptical galaxies by tracking correlations between the stellar population parameters (age and metallicity) and the structural parameters that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-01-31 L. A. Porter , R. S. Somerville , D. J. Croton , M. D. Covington , G. J. Graves , S. M. Faber , J. R. Primack

Radial age gradients hold the cumulative record of the multitude of physical processes driving the build-up of stellar populations and the ensuing star formation (SF) quenching process in galaxy bulges, therefore potentially sensitive…

[Abridged] Using VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy, we have studied the properties of the central stellar populations of a sample of 38 nucleated early-type dwarf (dE) galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. We find that these galaxies do not exhibit the same…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Paudel , T. Lisker , H. Kuntschner , E. Grebel , K. Glatt

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…

We present line strengths in the bulges and inner disks of 38 galaxies in the local universe, including several galaxies whose bulges were previously identified as being disk-like in their colors or kinematics, to see if their spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Bhasker K. Moorthy , Jon A. Holtzman

This is the second paper of a series devoted to study the stellar content of early-type galaxies. The goal of the series is to set constraints on the evolutionary status of these objects. We use a new set of models which include an improved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Sanchez-Blazquez , J. Gorgas , N. Cardiel , J. J. Gonzalez

Aim: The aim is to study the stellar content of the bar region to constrain its formation and evolution. Methods: Line-strength indices in the bar region of a sample of 6 barred galaxies were employed to derive age and metallicity gradients…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Perez , P. Sanchez-Blazquez , A. Zurita

Open clusters are known as excellent tools for various topics in Galactic research. For example, they allow accurately tracing the chemical structure of the Galactic disc. However, the metallicity is known only for a rather low percentage…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 M. Netopil , E. Paunzen , U. Heiter , C. Soubiran

We used the ugr magnitudes of 1,437,467 F-G type main-sequence stars with metal abundance -2<[Fe/H]<+0.2 dex and estimated radial and vertical metallicity gradients for high Galactic-latitude fields (b>50) of the Milky Way Galaxy. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-16 S. Tuncel Guctekin , S. Bilir , S. Karaali , O. Plevne , S. Ak

We present a detailed determination and analysis of 3D stellar mass distribution of the Galactic disk for mono-age populations using a sample of 0.93 million main-sequence turn-off and subgiant stars from the LAMOST Galactic Surveys. Our…

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