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Formation Epochs, Star Formation Histories, and Sizes of Massive Early-Type Galaxies in Cluster and Field Environments at z = 1.2: Insights from the Rest-Frame Ultraviolet

  • Authors: Alessandro Rettura, P. Rosati, M. Nonino, R. A. E. Fosbury, R. Gobat, N. Menci, V. Strazzullo, S. Mei, R. Demarco, and H. C. Ford

RETTURA et al. 2010 The Astrophysical Journal 709 512.

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Caption: Figure 9.

Top left panel: stellar mass vs. star-formation-weighted ages for the ETG in the cluster (filled red circles) and in the field (filled blue circles). Top right panel: the dependence of the look-back time to form on the galaxy mass. Bottom left panel: rest-frame UB color vs. age of ETG in both environments. Bottom right panel: formation timescales, τ, of ETG as a function of their stellar mass in both the field and cluster environment. The mean error in stellar age is 0.5 Gyr. Uncertainties in stellar masses and τ are ~0.15 dex and ~0.2 Gyr, respectively.

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