Far-Ultraviolet Color Gradients in Early-Type Galaxies

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1998-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808265v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages; tar.gz file includes LaTeX text file, 3 PostScript figures. Paper to be published in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/311605

We discuss far-UV (1500 A) surface photometry and FUV-B color profiles for 8 E/S0 galaxies from images taken with the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope, primarily during the Astro-2 mission. In three cases, the FUV radial profiles are more consistent with an exponential than a de Vaucouleurs function, but there is no other evidence for the presence of a disk or of young, massive stars. In all cases except M32 the FUV-B color becomes redder at larger radii. There is a wide range of internal radial FUV-B color gradients. However, we find no correlation between the FUV-B color gradients and internal metallicity gradients based on Mg absorption features. We conclude that metallicity is not the sole parameter controlling the "UV upturn component" in old populations.

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