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Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical Journal Année : 2005

UV properties of early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster

A. Boselli
L. Cortese
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G. Gavazzi
  • Fonction : Auteur
K. S. Yi
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Armando Gil de Paz
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Mark Seibert
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Y. -W. Lee
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B. F. Madore
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D. C. Martin
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Robert Michael Rich
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Y. -J. Sohn
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Résumé

We study the UV properties of a volume limited sample of early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster combining new GALEX far- (1530 A) and near-ultraviolet (2310 A) data with spectro-photometric data available at other wavelengths. The sample includes 264 ellipticals, lenticulars and dwarfs spanning a large range in luminosity (M(B)<-15). While the NUV to optical or near-IR color magnitude relations (CMR) are similar to those observed at optical wavelengths, with a monotonic reddening of the color index with increasing luminosity, the (FUV-V) and (FUV-H) CMRs show a discontinuity between massive and dwarf objects. An even more pronounced dichotomy is observed in the (FUV-NUV) CMR. For ellipticals the (FUV-NUV) color becomes bluer with increasing luminosity and with increasing reddening of the optical or near-IR color indices. For the dwarfs the opposite trend is observed. These observational evidences are consistent with the idea that the UV emission is dominated by hot, evolved stars in giant systems, while in dwarf ellipticals residual star formation activity is more common.

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hal-00017624 , version 1 (24-01-2006)

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A. Boselli, L. Cortese, J. M. Deharveng, G. Gavazzi, K. S. Yi, et al.. UV properties of early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster. The Astrophysical Journal, 2005, 629L, pp.29. ⟨hal-00017624⟩
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