ATLAS3D Project. XXX Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. McDermid R.M.
  2. Alatalo K.
  3. Blitz L.
  4. Bournaud F.
  5. Bureau M.
  6. Cappellari M.,Crocker A.F.
  7. Davies R.L.
  8. Davis T.A.
  9. De Zeeuw P.T.
  10. Duc P.-A.,Emsellem E.
  11. Khochfar S.
  12. Krajnovic D.
  13. Kuntschner H.
  14. Morganti R.,Naab T.
  15. Oosterloo T.
  16. Sarzi M.
  17. Scott N.
  18. Serra P.
  19. Weijmans A.-M.,Young L.M.
  20. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the stellar population content of early-type galaxies from the ATLAS3D survey. Using spectra integrated within apertures covering up to one effective radius, we apply two methods: one based on measuring line-strength indices and applying single stellar population (SSP) models to derive SSP-equivalent values of stellar age, metallicity, and alpha enhancement; and one based on spectral fitting to derive non-parametric star formation histories, mass-weighted average values of age, metallicity, and half-mass formation time-scales. Using homogeneously derived effective radii and dynamically determined galaxy masses, we present the distribution of stellar population parameters on the Mass Plane (M_JAM_, {sigma}_e_, R^maj^_e_), showing that at fixed mass, compact early-type galaxies are on average older, more metal-rich, and more alpha-enhanced than their larger counterparts. From non-parametric star formation histories, we find that the duration of star formation is systematically more extended in lower mass objects. Assuming that our sample represents most of the stellar content of today's local Universe, approximately 50 percent of all stars formed within the first 2Gyr following the big bang. Most of these stars reside today in the most massive galaxies (>10^10.5^M_{sun}_), which themselves formed 90 percent of their stars by z~2. The lower mass objects, in contrast, have formed barely half their stars in this time interval. Stellar population properties are independent of environment over two orders of magnitude in local density, varying only with galaxy mass. In the highest density regions of our volume (dominated by the Virgo cluster), galaxies are older, alpha-enhanced, and have shorter star formation histories with respect to lower density regions.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. catalogs
  3. chemical-abundances
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2015MNRAS.448.3484M
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/448/3484
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/3484
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74483484

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History

2015-12-18T15:38:40Z
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2015-12-18T15:38:40Z
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