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Based on VLT/FORS spectroscopy and HST/ACS imaging, we have constructed a sample of ~200 field spiral galaxies that cover redshifts up to z~1. Such a large data set allows to study the evolution of fundamental galaxy parameters like…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Asmus Boehm , Bodo L. Ziegler

We probe the stellar population age and metallicity distributions in nearby elliptical galaxies over the largest extension to date. Long-slit spectroscopy is made by using the spectrograph SCORPIO of the 6-m telescope of the Special…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Baes , O. K. Sil'chenko , A. V. Moiseev , E. A. Manakova

It is now possible to measure detailed spectral indices for stellar populations in spiral disks. We propose to interpret these data using evolutionary synthesis models computed from the Star Formation Histories obtained from chemical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Molla , S. Cantin , C. Robert , A. Pellerin , E. Hardy

We combine the exceptional depth of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) images and the deep GRism ACS Program for Extragalactic Science (GRAPES) grism spectroscopy to explore the stellar populations of 34 bulges belonging to late-type…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-20 N. P. Hathi , I. Ferreras , A. Pasquali , S. Malhotra , J. E. Rhoads , N. Pirzkal , R. A. Windhorst , C. Xu

We present a study of internal stellar population gradients in early-type cluster galaxies. Using the VLT VIMOS integral field unit, we observed 19 galaxies in the core of the Shapley Supercluster (z = 0.048). The radial trends in nine…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 T. D. Rawle , Russell J. Smith , J. R. Lucey

We present low resolution, visible light spectra of 41 star clusters in the spiral galaxy M101, taken with the Gemini/GMOS instrument. We measure Lick indices for each cluster and compare with BaSTI models to estimate their ages and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-20 Lesley A. Simanton-Coogan , Rupali Chandar , Bryan Miller , Bradley C. Whitmore

We present an observational study of the impacts of the interactions on the stellar population in a sample of galaxy pairs. Long-slit spectra in the wavelength range 3440-7300 {\AA} obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-26 A. C. Krabbe , D. A. Rosa , M. G. Pastoriza , G. F. Hagele , M. V. Cardaci , O. L. Dors , C. Winge

We use detailed modeling of stellar populations of nearby galaxies to calculate population parameters. Our sample of galaxies includes most galaxies of the Local Group and several more distant giant galaxies. Available data are sufficient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Einasto , P. Tenjes

ABRIDGED: We use HSTACS and NICMOS imaging to study the structure and colors of a sample of nine late-type spirals. We find: (1) A correlation between bulge and disks scale-lengths, and a correlation between the colors of the bulges and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. M. Carollo , C. Scarlata , M. Stiavelli , R. F. G. Wyse , L. Mayer

In some scenarios for the formation of the Milky Way bulge the stellar population at the edges of the boxy bulge may be younger than those on the minor axis, or close to the Galactic center. So far the only bulge region where deep…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 E. Valenti , M. Zoccali , A. Renzini , T. M. Brown , O. Gonzalez , D. Minniti , Victor P. Debattista , L. Mayer

This review summarizes the properties of the stellar population in bulges as observed in nearby or distant spiral galaxies. It gives a particular emphasis to the comparison with elliptical galaxies, when possible. The criteria of sample…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Jablonka

We present B and I band photometry, gas and star kinematics and 3D modelling of 7 giant spiral galaxies. The stellar systems studied have morphological types spanning from S0/a to Sc and absolute magnitudes from -20.6 to -22.5. The spectra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Pignatelli , G. Galletta

We investigate colors and mass-to-light ratios ($M/L$s) of the bulges and disks for 28 nearby spiral galaxies with various morphological types of Sab to Scd, using images in optical and near-infrared ($V$, $I$, and $J$) bands and published…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Akira Yoshino , Takashi Ichikawa

Studying the stellar populations in the outskirts of spiral galaxies can provide important constraints on their structure, formation, and evolution. To that end, we present VI photometry obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael K. Barker , Ata Sarajedini , Doug Geisler , Paul Harding , Robert Schommer

(shortened) We have obtained blue integrated spectra of 175 nearby early-type galaxies, covering a wide range in galaxy velocity dispersion, and emphasizing those with sigma < 100 km/s. Galaxies have been observed both in the Virgo cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-08 Nelson Caldwell , James A. Rose , Kristi Dendy Concannon

In this paper we present the results of long-slit spectral observations for a sample of isolated lenticular galaxies, made with the SCORPIO and SCORPIO-2 spectrographs of the 6-meter BTA telescope of the SAO RAS. By applying full spectral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Ivan Katkov , Olga Sil'chenko , Victor Afanasiev

We have determined spectroscopic ages of elliptical galaxies in the Virgo cluster using spectra of very high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N/A > 100). We observed 8 galaxies with the Subaru Telescope and have combined this sample with 6 galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Yamada , N. Arimoto , A. Vazdekis , R. F. Peletier

We present the first results of a pilot study aimed at understanding the influence of bars on the evolution of galaxy discs through the study of their stellar content. We examine here the kinematics, star formation history, mass-weighted,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez , Pierre Ocvirk , Brad K. Gibson , Isabel Perez , Reynier F. Peletier

We discuss H and K observations of three fields in the bulge and disk of M31 obtained with the Altair adaptive optics system and NIRI instrument on Gemini North. These are the highest resolution and deepest near-infrared observations…

(Abridged) As part of an ongoing effort to study the stellar nuclei of very late-type, bulge-less spirals, we present results from a high-resolution spectroscopic survey of nine such nuclear star clusters, undertaken with VLT/UVES. We fit…