Colour and stellar population gradients in galaxies

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2010-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/1010.1007v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

4 pages, 4 figures. Proceedings of 54th Congresso Nazionale della SAIt, Napoli 4-7 May 2010

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We discuss the colour, age and metallicity gradients in a wide sample of local SDSS early- and late-type galaxies. From the fitting of stellar population models we find that metallicity is the main driver of colour gradients and the age in the central regions is a dominant parameter which rules the scatter in both metallicity and age gradients. We find a consistency with independent observations and a set of simulations. From the comparison with simulations and theoretical considerations we are able to depict a general picture of a formation scenario.

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