Abstract
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
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 153-167 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Modern Physics Letters A |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 30 Jan 2008 |