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Stellar Population Properties of UCDs and Early-Type Dwarf Nuclei
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 July 2011
Abstract
We analyze the stellar population parameters of seven ultra-compact dwarfs (UCDs) in the Virgo cluster. We find that the stellar population properties of UCDs are similar to those nuclei of early-type dwarf galaxies (dEs) that lie in the dense region of the cluster. This evidence suggests that the Virgo UCDs may have formed through the stripping of dE nuclei.
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- Research Article
- Information
- European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 48: CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies , 2011 , pp. 249 - 250
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- © EAS, EDP Sciences, 2011