Abstract
AbstractThe study of stellar populations in early-type galaxies give us clues on how they form and evolve. We calculate age, [Z/H], and [α/Fe] ratio for 162 early-type galaxies using the SSP models from Thomas, Maraston, & Bender (2003) applied to Lick indices measurements, such as Hβ, Mgb, Fe5270 and Fe5335. Those were obtained from longslit spectra observed in the ESO 1.52m telescope as described in Ogando et al. (2008). We study the relations between the SSP parameters and velocity dispersion, as well as the influence of environment on these relations. We find that age, [Z/H], and [α/Fe] correlate well with velocity dispersion, so that more massive galaxies, have on average, higher metallicities, ages and abundance ratios than that of the low-mass ones. Galaxies in high density regions are older and more metal-rich than those in regions with low number of neighbors. These results are not consistent with standard predictions of hierarchical clustering. In the last decade, this “anti-hierarchical” behavior has also been generally tagged as downsizing and has challenged the current theoretical framework of galaxy formation, calling for new ways of star formation regulation in early-type galaxies.
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