Scaling relations in early-type galaxies from integral-field stellar kinematics

M. Cappellari , N. Scott , K. Alatalo , L. Blitz , M. Bois , F. Bournaud , M. Bureau , R. L. Davies

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T. A. Davis P. T. de Zeeuw E. Emsellem J. Falcon-Barroso S. Khochfar D. Krajnovic H. Kuntschner P.-Y. Lablanche R. M. McDermid R. Morganti T. Naab M. Sarzi P. Serra R. C. E. van den Bosch G. van de Ven A. Weijmans L. M. Young

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We study the origin of the scaling relations of early-type galaxies (ETGs) by constructing detailed models of the stellar dynamics for the K-band selected, volume-limited ATLAS3D sample of 263 nearby ETGs, spanning a large range of masses and stellar velocity dispersions (60 < sigma < 350 km/s).

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Scaling relations in early-type galaxies from integral-field stellar kinematics

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