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Kinematics of the outskirts of S0 galaxies from PNe and GCs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2017

A. Cortesi
Affiliation:
IAG, USP, Sao Paulo, email: aricorte@gmail.com
C. Mendes de Oliveira
Affiliation:
IAG, USP, Sao Paulo, email: aricorte@gmail.com
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Abstract

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The stellar kinematics of the discs of S0 galaxies (as obtained using planetary nebulae, PNe, and integrated stellar light data) is comparable to that of spiral galaxies, with similar flat rotation curves and falling velocity dispersion profiles, but they present a larger amount of random motions. The only other tracer available to probe the kinematics of individual early-type galaxies are globular clusters (GCs). GCs’ formation is intimately connected to a galaxy major star forming event(s) and GCs are, therefore, good proofs of galaxy formation histories. We directly compare a sample of PNe, GCs, and stellar velocities out to 4 effective radii, in the S0 galaxies NGC 2768 and NGC 1023. In particular, we test a new method for studying GC properties and we find that these two lenticular galaxies are consistent with being formed through different formation mechanisms.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

References

Cortesi, A., Chies-Santos, A. L., Pota, V., et al. 2016, MNRAS, 456, 2611 Google Scholar