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| Paper: |
Galactic Bulges: the SAURON Perspective |
| Volume: |
419, Galaxy Evolution: Emerging Insights and Future Challenges |
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131 |
| Authors: |
Falcón-Barroso, J.; Peletier, R. F.; Bacon, R.; Cappellari, M.; Davies, R. L.; de Zeeuw, P. T.; Emsellem, E.; Krajnovic´, D.; Kuntschner, H.; McDermid, R. M.; Sarzi, M.; van den Bosch, R. C. E.; van de Ven, G. |
| Abstract: |
We present results on the study of 24 bulges of Sa galaxies observed with the integral-field unit SAURON at the William Herschel Telescope. Here we review some of the main features observed in our maps in terms of their kinematics and stellar populations, and unveil a rather complex picture in which the centers of spiral galaxies are made of several components: one (or more) thin, disclike component, often containing recent star formation, and another, elliptical-like component, consisting of old stars and rotating more slowly, dominating the light above the plane. |
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