SAURON: An innovative look at early-type galaxies

A summary of the SAURON project and its current status is presented. SAURON is a panoramic integral-field spectrograph designed to study the stellar kinematics, gaseous kinematics, and stellar populations of spheroids. Here, the sample of galaxies and its properties axe described. The instrument is...

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Những tác giả chính: Bureau, M, Cappellari, M, Copin, Y, Verolme, E, de Zeeuw, P, Bacon, R, Emsellem, E, Davies, R, Kuntschner, H, McDermid, R, Miller, B, Peletier, R
Định dạng: Conference item
Được phát hành: 2002
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Tóm tắt:A summary of the SAURON project and its current status is presented. SAURON is a panoramic integral-field spectrograph designed to study the stellar kinematics, gaseous kinematics, and stellar populations of spheroids. Here, the sample of galaxies and its properties axe described. The instrument is detailed and its capabilities illustrated through observational examples. These includes results on the structure of central stellar disks, the kinematics and ionization state of gaseous disks, and the stellar populations of galaxies with decoupled cores.