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- Title
Kinematics of the outskirts of S0 galaxies from PNe and GCs.
- Authors
Cortesi, A.; de Oliveira, C. Mendes; Gil de Paz, Armando; Knapen, Johan H.; Lee, Janice C.
- Abstract
The stellar kinematics of the discs of S0 galaxies (as obtained using planetary nebulae, PNe, and integrated stellar light data) is comparable to that of spiral galaxies, with similar flat rotation curves and falling velocity dispersion profiles, but they present a larger amount of random motions. The only other tracer available to probe the kinematics of individual early-type galaxies are globular clusters (GCs). GCs’ formation is intimately connected to a galaxy major star forming event(s) and GCs are, therefore, good proofs of galaxy formation histories. We directly compare a sample of PNe, GCs, and stellar velocities out to 4 effective radii, in the S0 galaxies NGC 2768 and NGC 1023. In particular, we test a new method for studying GC properties and we find that these two lenticular galaxies are consistent with being formed through different formation mechanisms.
- Publication
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2016, Vol 11, p290
- ISSN
1743-9213
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1743921316011376