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Stellar populations in the bulges of S0s and the formation of S0 galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2007

Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca*
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK email: alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The stellar populations in the bulges of S0s, together with the galaxies' dynamics, masses and globular clusters, contain very interesting clues about their formation. I present here recent evidence suggesting that S0s are the descendants of fading spirals whose star formation ceased.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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