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Studying the dynamics of star forming and IR luminous galaxies with infrared spectroscopy

ESO ASTROPHY SYMP (2003) 74-84

Authors:

R Genzel, LJ Tacconi, M Barden, MD Lehnert, D Lutz, D Rigopoulou, N Thatte

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With the advent of efficient near-IR spectrometers on 10m-class telescopes, exploiting the new generation of low readout noise, large format detectors, OH avoidance and sub-arcsecond seeing, 1-2.4mum spectroscopy can now be exploited for detailed galaxy dynamics and for studies of high-z galaxies. In the following we present the results of three recent IR spectroscopy studies on the dynamics of ULIRG mergers, on super star clusters in the Antennae, and on the properties of the rotation curves of zsimilar to1 disk galaxies, carried out with ISAAC on the VLT, and NIRSPEC on the Keck.
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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the luminosity function of cluster galaxies

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 342:3 (2003) 725-737

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R De Propris, M Colless, SP Driver, W Couch, JA Peacock, IK Baldry, CM Baugh, J Bland-Hawthorn, T Bridges, R Cannon, S Cole, C Collins, N Cross, GB Dalton, G Efstathiou, RS Ellis, CS Frenk, K Glazebrook, E Hawkins, C Jackson, O Lahav, I Lewis, S Lumsden, S Maddox, DS Madgwick, P Norberg, W Percival, B Peterson, W Sutherland, K Taylor
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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: galaxy clustering per spectral type

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 344:3 (2003) 847-856

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DS Madgwick, E Hawkins, O Lahav, S Maddox, P Norberg, JA Peacock, IK Baldry, CM Baugh, JB Hawthorn, T Bridges, R Cannon, S Cole, M Colless, C Collins, W Couch, G Dalton, R De Propris, SP Driver, G Efstathiou, RS Ellis, CS Frenk, K Glazebrook, C Jackson, I Lewis, S Lumsden, BA Peterson, W Sutherland, K Taylor
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The evolutionary status of early-type galaxies in Abell 2390

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE 285:1 (2003) 61-66

Authors:

A Fritz, BL Ziegler, RG Bower, I Smail, RL Davies
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Understanding early-type galaxies. Discussion session

ASTR SOC P 297 (2003) 295-303

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To initiate this discussion I raised five topics (i) the physical mechanisms that give rise to the global relationships observed in early type galaxies, (ii) the origin of the environmental dependences of galaxy properties such as morphology and mean age, (iii) lessons from galaxy populations in intermediate redshift clusters, (iv) the role of black holes in galaxy evolution and (v) the order of formation of different galactic subcomponents. Comments and questions ranged over these and other issues and a lively discussion ensued.
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