Systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies

Michele Cappellari (), Richard M. McDermid, Katherine Alatalo, Leo Blitz, Maxime Bois, Frédéric Bournaud, M. Bureau, Alison F. Crocker, Roger L. Davies, Timothy A. Davis, P. T. de Zeeuw, Pierre-Alain Duc, Eric Emsellem, Sadegh Khochfar, Davor Krajnović, Harald Kuntschner, Pierre-Yves Lablanche, Raffaella Morganti, Thorsten Naab, Tom Oosterloo, Marc Sarzi, Nicholas Scott, Paolo Serra, Anne-Marie Weijmans and Lisa M. Young
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Michele Cappellari: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Richard M. McDermid: Gemini Observatory, Northern Operations Centre, 670 North A’ohoku Place, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA
Katherine Alatalo: Campbell Hall, University of California
Leo Blitz: Campbell Hall, University of California
Maxime Bois: Observatoire de Paris, LERMA and CNRS, 61 Avenue de l’Observatoire, F-75014 Paris, France
Frédéric Bournaud: Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/IRFU/SAp CNRS Université Paris Diderot, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
M. Bureau: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Alison F. Crocker: University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Roger L. Davies: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Timothy A. Davis: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
P. T. de Zeeuw: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
Pierre-Alain Duc: Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/IRFU/SAp CNRS Université Paris Diderot, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Eric Emsellem: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
Sadegh Khochfar: Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, PO Box 1312, D-85478 Garching, Germany
Davor Krajnović: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
Harald Kuntschner: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
Pierre-Yves Lablanche: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
Raffaella Morganti: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Thorsten Naab: Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 1, 85741 Garching, Germany
Tom Oosterloo: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Marc Sarzi: Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL1 9AB, UK
Nicholas Scott: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Paolo Serra: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Anne-Marie Weijmans: Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada
Lisa M. Young: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Nature, 2012, vol. 484, issue 7395, 485-488

Abstract: A study of the stellar kinematics of a large sample of early-type galaxies provides evidence that the stellar initial mass function depends on the galaxy’s stellar mass-to-light ratio and thus is strongly dependent on the galaxy’s formation history.

Date: 2012
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