Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183
We present FLAMES/GIRAFFE integral field spectroscopy of 30 galaxies in the massive cluster Abell 1689 at z = 0.183. Conducting an analysis similar to that of ATLAS3D, we extend the baseline of the kinematic morphology-density relation by an order of magnitude in projected density and show that it i...
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| author | D'Eugenio, F Houghton, R Davies, R Bontà, E |
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| description | We present FLAMES/GIRAFFE integral field spectroscopy of 30 galaxies in the massive cluster Abell 1689 at z = 0.183. Conducting an analysis similar to that of ATLAS3D, we extend the baseline of the kinematic morphology-density relation by an order of magnitude in projected density and show that it is possible to use existing instruments to identify slow and fast rotators beyond the local Universe. We find 4.5 +- 1.0 slow rotators with a distribution in magnitude similar to those in the Virgo cluster. The overall slow rotator fraction of our Abell 1689 sample is 0.15 +- 0.03, the same as in Virgo using our selection criteria. This suggests that the fraction of slow rotators in a cluster is not strongly dependent on its density. However, within Abell 1689, we find that the fraction of slow rotators increases towards the centre, as was also found in the Virgo cluster. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0f3dd080-c3ef-4436-965a-19201d18cbab2022-03-26T09:50:12ZFast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0f3dd080-c3ef-4436-965a-19201d18cbabSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012D'Eugenio, FHoughton, RDavies, RBontà, EWe present FLAMES/GIRAFFE integral field spectroscopy of 30 galaxies in the massive cluster Abell 1689 at z = 0.183. Conducting an analysis similar to that of ATLAS3D, we extend the baseline of the kinematic morphology-density relation by an order of magnitude in projected density and show that it is possible to use existing instruments to identify slow and fast rotators beyond the local Universe. We find 4.5 +- 1.0 slow rotators with a distribution in magnitude similar to those in the Virgo cluster. The overall slow rotator fraction of our Abell 1689 sample is 0.15 +- 0.03, the same as in Virgo using our selection criteria. This suggests that the fraction of slow rotators in a cluster is not strongly dependent on its density. However, within Abell 1689, we find that the fraction of slow rotators increases towards the centre, as was also found in the Virgo cluster. |
| spellingShingle | D'Eugenio, F Houghton, R Davies, R Bontà, E Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183 |
| title | Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS
study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183 |
| title_full | Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS
study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183 |
| title_fullStr | Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS
study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS
study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183 |
| title_short | Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS
study of galaxies in Abell 1689 at z=0.183 |
| title_sort | fast and slow rotators in the densest environments a flames giraffe ifs study of galaxies in abell 1689 at z 0 183 |
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