Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-01-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, to appear in "Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges", Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 245 (Oxford, 16-20 July 200
Scientific paper
The 6dF Galaxy Survey provides a very large sample of galaxies with reliable measurements of Lick line indices and velocity dispersions. This sample can be used to explore the correlations between mass and stellar population parameters such as age, metallicity and [alpha/Fe]. Preliminary results from such an analysis are presented here, and show that age and metallicity are significantly anti-correlated for both passive and star-forming galaxies. Passive galaxies have strong correlations between mass and metallicity and between age and alpha-element over-abundance, which combine to produce a downsizing relation between age and mass. For old passive galaxies, the different trends of M/L with mass and luminosity in different passbands result from the differential effect of the mass-metallicity relation on the luminosities in each passband. Future work with this sample will examine the Fundamental Plane of bulge-dominated galaxies and the influence of environment on relations between stellar population parameters and mass.
Campbel Lachlan
Colless Matthew
Harrison Craig
Jones Heath
Lah Philip
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