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The restframe UV-to-optical flux ratio, characterizing the ``UV upturn'' phenomenon, is potentially the most sensitive tracer of age in elliptical galaxies; models predict that it may change by orders of magnitude over the course of a few…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Thomas M. Brown , Charles W. Bowers , Randy A. Kimble , Henry C. Ferguson

We combine deep UBVRIzJK photometry from the Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC) with redshifts from the COMBO-17 survey to perform a large-scale study of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) properties of 674 high-redshift (0.5<z<1)…

We have assembled a UV-flux selected sample of 82 early-type galaxies and collected additional information at other wavelengths. These data confirm a large spread of the UV-V color in the range 2 to 5. The spread in UV-V is accompanied by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. M. Deharveng , A. Boselli , J. Donas

UV observations in the local universe have uncovered a population of early-type galaxies with UV flux consistent with low-level recent or ongoing star formation. We present resolved UV-optical photometry of a sample of 19 SDSS early-type…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-22 Jerome J. Fang , S. M. Faber , Samir Salim , Genevieve J. Graves , R. Michael Rich

The rest-frame UV emission from massive stars contains a wealth of information about the physical nature and conditions of star formation in galaxies. Using studies of the rest-frame UV, the past decade has witnessed the beginning of…

UV-upturn galaxies are characterized by unusually excessive flux in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) band, observed in some elliptical galaxies and the bulges of disk galaxies. We examine UV-upturn galaxies within the semi-analytic model GABE,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-11 Zhen Jiang , Cheng Li , Fenghui Zhang , Shuang Zhou

Since the discovery of the Ultraviolet Upturn Phenomenon (``UVX'') in early-type galaxies it has been clear that the stellar populations of such systems contain an unexpected hot component. Recent work has provided strong circumstantial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ben Dorman

We present an analysis of the far-ultraviolet upturn phenomenon (UVX) observed in elliptical galaxies and spiral galaxy bulges. Our premise is that the UV radiation from these systems emanates primarily from extreme horizontal branch (EHB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Ben Dorman , Robert W. O'Connell , Robert T. Rood

ABRIDGED- The UV-optical color magnitude diagram (CMD) of rich galaxy groups is characterised by a well developed Red Sequence (RS), a Blue Cloud (BC) and the so-called Green Valley (GV). Loose, less evolved groups of galaxies likely not…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 R. Rampazzo , P. Mazzei , A. Marino , L. Bianchi , H. Plana , G. Trinchieri , M. Uslenghi , A. Wolter

Recent observations and modeling of globular clusters with multiple populations strongly indicate the presence of super helium-rich subpopulations in old stellar systems. Motivated by this, we have constructed new population synthesis…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Chul Chung , Suk-Jin Yoon , Young-Wook Lee

CONTEXT:At low redshift, early-type galaxies often exhibit a rising flux with decreasing wavelength in the 1000-2500 \AA{} range, called "UV upturn". The origin of this phenomenon is debated, and its evolution with redshift is poorly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-21 S. Boissier , O. Cucciati , A. Boselli , S. Mei , L. Ferrarese

Connecting the observed rest-ultraviolet (UV) luminosities of high-$z$ galaxies to their intrinsic luminosities (and thus star formation rates) requires correcting for the presence of dust. We bypass a common dust-correction approach that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-02 Jordan Mirocha , Charlotte Mason , Daniel P. Stark

We present the first results of an ongoing spectroscopic survey of galaxies selected in the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV). The redshift distribution extends over 0<z<0.5 and a high fraction of the sources show intense nebular emission lines…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. A. Treyer , R. S. Ellis , B. Milliard , J. Donas , T. J. Bridges

I discuss a scenario in which the ultraviolet (UV) upturn of giant early-type galaxies (ETGs) is primarily due to helium-rich stellar populations that formed in massive metal-rich globular clusters (GCs) which subsequently dissolved in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-10 Paul Goudfrooij

It is suspected that the ultraviolet (UV) upturn phenomenon in elliptical galaxies and extended horizontal-branch stars in globular clusters have a common origin. An extremely high abundance of helium (Y~0.4) allows for a working…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Sukyoung K. Yi , Jihye Lee , Yun-Kyeong Sheen , Hyunjin Jeong , Hyewon Suh , Kyuseok Oh

The acquisition of deep Near-IR imaging with Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope has provided the opportunity to study the very-high redshift Universe. For galaxies up to $z\approx 7.7$ sufficient wavelength coverage exists to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Stephen M. Wilkins , Andrew J. Bunker , Elizabeth Stanway , Silvio Lorenzoni , Joseph Caruana

We present models of the late stages of stellar evolution intended to explain the UV upturn phenomenon in elliptical galaxies. Such models are sensitive to values of a number of poorly-constrained physical parameters, including metallicity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 Sukyoung Yi , Pierre Demarque , Augustus Oemler,

Recent surveys have demonstrated the widespread presence of UV emission in early-type galaxies (ETGs), suggesting the existence of star formation in many of these systems. However, potential UV contributions from old and young stars,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-17 Divya Pandey , Sugata Kaviraj , Kanak Saha , Saurabh Sharma

In this Letter, we analyse the radial UV-optical color distributions in a sample of low redshift green valley (GV) galaxies, with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)+Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images, to investigate how the residual…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Zhizheng Pan , Jinrong Li , Weipeng Lin , Jing Wang , Xu Kong

We study the evolution of galaxy rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) colors in the epoch 4 < z < 8. We use new wide-field near-infrared data in GOODS-S from the CANDELS, HUDF09 and ERS programs to select galaxies via photometric redshift…