Issue |
A&A
Volume 442, Number 1, October IV 2005
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Page(s) | 125 - 136 | |
Section | Extragalactic astronomy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053168 | |
Published online | 30 September 2005 |
The evolution of early-type galaxies at z ∼ 1 from the K20 survey
1
INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy e-mail: sperello@arcetri.astro.it
2
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
3
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Vicolo Osservatorio 2, 35122 Padova, Italy
4
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
5
NOAO, 950 North Cherry Avenue, PO Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726, USA
6
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo Osservatorio 2, 35122 Padova, Italy
7
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
8
Université Paris-Sud 11, 15 rue Georges Clemenceau, 91405 Orsay, France
Received:
31
March
2005
Accepted:
20
June
2005
We have performed VLT spectroscopy of an almost complete sample of 18
early-type galaxies with plus two at
,
selected from the K20 survey, and derived the velocity dispersion for 15+2 of
them. By combining these data with HST and VLT images, we study the Fundamental
Plane (FP), the Faber–Jackson and the Kormendy relations at
.
Compared with the local one, the FP at
has a remarkably
small scatter, and shows both an offset and a rotation,
which we interpret in terms of evolution of the mass-to-light ratio, and
possibly of the size.
We give evidence that the evolution rate depends on galaxy
mass, being faster for less massive galaxies. We discuss
the possible factors driving the evolution of spheroids and compare our results with
the predictions of the hierachical models of galaxy formation.
Key words: galaxies: evolution / galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD / galaxies: kinematics and dynamics.
© ESO, 2005
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