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SAURON: Observations of E/S0/SA galaxies

Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias 17 (2003) 199

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H Kuntschner, R Bacon, M Bureau, M Cappellari, Y Copin, RL Davies, E Emsellem, BW Miller, R McDermid, RF Peletier, EK Verolme, PT De Zeeuw

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We present results from a new and unique integral-field spectrograph, SAURON. It has a large field of view and high throughput and is primarily built for the study of stellar & gaseous kinematics and stellar populations in galaxies. Its aim is to carry out a systematic survey of the velocity fields, velocity dispersions, and line-strength distributions of nearby ellipticals, lenticular galaxies and spiral bulges.
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Stellar astrophysics in the local group and beyond with the GTC

Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias 16 (2003) 145-149

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In this review I discuss the capabilities that the GTC, and in particular the OSIRIS spectrometer, will bring to studying massive stellar populations within Local Group galaxies and even beyond. By observing massive stars in other dwarf irregular and spiral galaxies one can probe star formation and stellar evolution in extreme environments, the wind properties of massive luminous stars, and determine distances to an accuracy of ∼10%.

Theory of Pixel Lensing toward M31. II. The Velocity Anisotropy and Flattening of the MACHO Distribution

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 598:2 (2003) 993-999

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E Kerins, J An, NW Evans, P Baillon, BJ Carr, Y Giraud-Héraud, A Gould, P Hewett, J Kaplan, S Paulin-Henriksson, SJ Smartt, Y Tsapras, D Valls-Gabaud
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HI and Hot Gas in the Outskirts of the M81 Group

(2003)

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M Bureau, F Walter, J van Gorkom, C Carignan
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A transient large-scale relativistic radio jet from GX 339-4

(2003)

Authors:

Elena Gallo, Stephane Corbel, Rob Fender, Tom Maccarone, Tasso Tzioumis
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