Stellar and dust properties of local elliptical galaxies:clues to the onset of nuclear activity

2008/06/13 by Yu Zhang, Yong Zhang, Qiusheng Gu +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Elliptical galaxy #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Lenticular galaxy #Luminosity #Luminous infrared galaxy #Physics #Population #Star formation #Stellar population #Surface brightness #Surface brightness fluctuation #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809660

8 pages, accepted by A&A

arxiv created 2008/06/13 · openalex publication_date 2008/06/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We study the stellar and dust properties of a well-defined sample of local elliptical galaxies to investigate the relationship between host galaxy properties and nuclear activity.

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