Revealing S0 Galaxies' Formation Histories Using the Stellar Kinematics of the Faint Outer Disks

A. Cortesi; M. R. Merrifield; E. Noordermeer; L. Coccato; S. Bamford; N. R. Napolitano; M. Arnaboldi; O. Gerhard; A. J. Romanowsky; P. Das; N. G. Douglas; K. Kuijken; K. C. Freeman; M. Capaccioli

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Revealing S0 Galaxies' Formation Histories Using the Stellar Kinematics of the Faint Outer Disks

A. Cortesi, M. R. Merrifield, E. Noordermeer, L. Coccato, S. Bamford, N. R. Napolitano, M. Arnaboldi, O. Gerhard, A. J. Romanowsky, P. Das, N. G. Douglas, K. Kuijken, K. C. Freeman, M. Capaccioli

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Lenticular galaxies display the prominent disks that are characteristic of late-type galaxies, but contain no gas, dust or star formation like early-type systems. So are they more closely related to spiral or ellipticals?. One important clue to their origin is recorded in the kinematics. If they are simply quenched spiral galaxies then their stellar motions should be identical to those in spirals, whereas if their origins are closer to an elliptical, produced through merging, then this history should be reflected in more random stellar motions ([1]). We performed a maximum likelihood analysis in order to recover rotation velocity and random motions in the spheroidal and disk component of the galaxy NGC 1023. Its kinematics are consistent with the one of a stripped spiral, somehow complicated by an ongoing minor merger.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Hunting for the Dark
Subtitle of host publication	The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation. AIP Conference Proceedings
Editors	Victor P. Debattista, Cristina C. Popescu
Pages	289-290
Number of pages	2
Volume	1240
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3458512
Publication status	Published - Jun-2010

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spiral galaxies
star formation
stellar rotation
merging
Galaxy mergers
collisions
and tidal interactions

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Cortesi, A., Merrifield, M. R., Noordermeer, E., Coccato, L., Bamford, S., Napolitano, N. R., Arnaboldi, M., Gerhard, O., Romanowsky, A. J., Das, P., Douglas, N. G., Kuijken, K., Freeman, K. C., & Capaccioli, M. (2010). Revealing S0 Galaxies' Formation Histories Using the Stellar Kinematics of the Faint Outer Disks. In V. P. Debattista, & C. C. Popescu (Eds.), Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation. AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1240, pp. 289-290) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3458512

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Revealing S0 Galaxies' Formation Histories Using the Stellar Kinematics of the Faint Outer Disks. / Cortesi, A.; Merrifield, M. R.; Noordermeer, E. et al.
Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation. AIP Conference Proceedings. ed. / Victor P. Debattista; Cristina C. Popescu. Vol. 1240 2010. p. 289-290.

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