Stellar populations in the bulges of S0s and the formation of S0 galaxies

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2007-10-12

arxiv.org/abs/0710.2481v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages. To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 245, "Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges," M. Bureau, E. Athanass

Scientific paper

10.1017/S1743921308017924

The stellar populations in the bulges of S0s, together with the galaxies'
dynamics, masses and globular clusters, contain very interesting clues about
their formation. I present here recent evidence suggesting that S0s are the
descendants of fading spirals whose star formation ceased.

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