TY - JOUR
T1 - The star formation histories of early-type galaxies
T2 - Insights from the rest-frame ultraviolet
AU - Kaviraj, S.
PY - 2008/1/30
Y1 - 2008/1/30
N2 - Our current understanding of the star formation histories of early-type galaxies is reviewed, in the context of recent observational studies of their ultraviolet (UV) properties. Combination of UV and optical spectro-photometric data indicates that the bulk of the stellar mass in the early-type population forms at high redshift (z > 2), possibly over short timescales (<1 Gyr). Nevertheless, early-types of all luminosities form stars over the lifetime of the Universe, with most luminous (-23 <M(V)-21) counterparts form 30-60% of their mass in the same redshift range. The large scatter in the (rest-frame) UV colours in the redshift range 0
AB - Our current understanding of the star formation histories of early-type galaxies is reviewed, in the context of recent observational studies of their ultraviolet (UV) properties. Combination of UV and optical spectro-photometric data indicates that the bulk of the stellar mass in the early-type population forms at high redshift (z > 2), possibly over short timescales (<1 Gyr). Nevertheless, early-types of all luminosities form stars over the lifetime of the Universe, with most luminous (-23 <M(V)-21) counterparts form 30-60% of their mass in the same redshift range. The large scatter in the (rest-frame) UV colours in the redshift range 0
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U2 - 10.1142/S021773230802608X
DO - 10.1142/S021773230802608X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43949101384
SN - 0217-7323
VL - 23
SP - 153
EP - 167
JO - Modern Physics Letters A
JF - Modern Physics Letters A
IS - 3
ER -