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Color and Stellar Population Gradients in Passively Evolving Galaxies at z~2 from HST/WFC3 Deep Imaging in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Astrophysical Journal (2011)
  • Yicheng Guo
  • Mauro Giavalisco, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Paolo Cassata
  • Henry C. Ferguson
  • Mark Dickinson
  • Alvio Renzini
  • Anton Koekemoer
  • Norman A. Grogin
  • Casey Papovich
  • Elena Tundo
  • Adriano Fontana
  • Jennifer M. Lotz
  • Sara Salimbeni
Abstract
We report the detection of color gradients in six massive (stellar mass > 10^{10} M_{sun}) and passively evolving (specific SFR < 10^{-11}/yr) galaxies at redshift 1.3
Keywords
  • Cosmology: observations,
  • Galaxies: evolution,
  • Galaxies: formation,
  • Galaxies: high-redshift,
  • Galaxies: stellar content,
  • Galaxies: structure
Publication Date
January 4, 2011
Publisher Statement
This paper was harvested from ArXiv.org and ArXiv identifier is arXiv:1101.0843
Citation Information
Yicheng Guo, Mauro Giavalisco, Paolo Cassata, Henry C. Ferguson, et al.. "Color and Stellar Population Gradients in Passively Evolving Galaxies at z~2 from HST/WFC3 Deep Imaging in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field" Astrophysical Journal (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mauro_giavalisco/26/