Optical and near-infrared color profiles in nearby early-type galaxies and the implied age and metallicity gradients

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 622, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 244-259

  Wu, Hong ^a,b   Shao, Zhengyi ^b,c   Mo, H J ^b,d   Xia, Xiaoyang ^e   Deng, Zugan ^f  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744405380     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427821     Document Type: Article

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