Probing the stellar populations of early-type galaxies: the SAURON survey
ASTR SOC P 282 (2002) 189-200
Abstract:
The SAURON project will deliver two-dimensional spectroscopic data of a sample of nearby early-type galaxies with unprecedented quality. In this paper, we focus on the mapping of their stellar populations using the SAURON data, and present some preliminary results on a few prototypical cases.Probing the stellar populations of early-type galaxies: the SAURON survey
GALAXIES: THE THIRD DIMENSION 282 (2002) 189-200
SAURON observations of disks in spheroids
ASTR SOC P 282 (2002) 208-215
Abstract:
The panoramic integral-field spectrograph SAURON is currently being used to map the stellar kinematics, gaseous kinematics, and stellar populations of a large number of early-type galaxies and bulges. Here, we describe SAURON observations of cold stellar disks embedded in spheroids (NGC 3384, NGC 4459, NGC 4526), we illustrate the kinematics and ionization state of large-scale gaseous disks (NGC 4278, NGC 7742), and we show preliminary comparisons of SAURON data with barred galaxy N-body simulations (NGC 3623).SAURON observations of disks in spheroids
GALAXIES: THE THIRD DIMENSION 282 (2002) 208-215