Tidal Debris of Early Type Galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)

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Jan 2011

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #207.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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With the 3.6 micron image of early type galaxies (T <-1) drawn from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G), we perform two-dimensional modeling of galaxy light distributions to investigate tidal debris of early type galaxies such as shells and tidal tails. We find that about 10% of our sample galaxies show tidal features and 90% of those galaxies have late type (T > ; 1) companion galaxy. The physical
distances estimated from redshifts between those galaxies range from 70 kpc to 800 kpc. These tidal features contribute 5% - 15% to the total 3.6 micron luminosity. We present the structural properties of these galaxies and discuss how they deviate from normal early type galaxies.

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