The SAURON project - IX. A kinematic classification for early-type galaxies

Emsellem, E.; Cappellari, Michele; Krajnovi, D.; van de Ven, Glenn; Bacon, Roland; Bureau, Martin; L. Davies, R.; T. de Zeeuw, P.; Falcón‐Barroso, J.; Kuntschner, H.; M. McDermid, Richard; F. Peletier, R.; Sarzi, M.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11752.x

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The SAURON project - IX. A kinematic classification for early-type galaxies

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society • Jul 11, 2007

Authors:

E. Emsellem

Michele Cappellari

D. Krajnovi

Abstract

2D stellar kinematics of 48 representative E and S0 galaxies obtained with the SAURON IFS reveal that early-type galaxies appear in two broad flavours, depending on whether they exhibit clear large-scale rotation or not. We define a new parameter LambdaR which involves luminosity weighted averages o...

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Physics

Astrophysics

Galaxy

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