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Lipka, Mathias, Thomas, Jens, Saglia, Roberto, Bender, Ralf, Fabricius, Maximilian, Hill, Gary J., Kluge, Matthias, Landriau, Martin, Mazzalay, Ximena, Noyola, Eva, Parikh, Taniya, Snigula, Jan |
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Astrophysical Journal; 11/20/2024, Vol. 976 Issue 1, p1-42, 42p |
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We analyze the stellar structure of a sample of dwarf ellipticals (dEs) inhabiting various environments within the Virgo cluster. Integral-field observations with a high spectral resolution allow us to robustly determine their low-velocity dispersions (∼25 km s−1) and higher-order kinematic moments out to the half-light radius. We find the dEs exhibit a diversity in ages, with the younger dEs being less enhanced than the older, suggesting a complex star formation history for those dEs that recently entered Virgo, while others have been quenched shortly after reionization. Orbit-superposition modeling allowed us to recover viewing angles, stellar mass-to-light ratios (with gradients), as well as the intrinsic orbit structure. We find that the angular momentum of the dEs is strongly suppressed compared to ordinary early-type galaxies and correlates with the environment. Flattened dEs are so because of a suppressed kinetic energy perpendicular to their equatorial plane. Combining population and dynamical modeling results, we find an age-dependent stellar initial mass function or, alternatively, evidence for a more extended star formation history for those galaxies that have had higher initial mass and/or inhabited lower-density environments. dEs appear to have a spatially homogeneous stellar structure, but the state they were "frozen" in as they stopped forming stars varies dramatically according to their initial conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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