... galaxies[*]
Based on observations with the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO-VLT), observing run IDs 65.O-0049, 66.A-0547 and 68.A-0013. 
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
...[*]
Based in parts on observations (PID 9502) with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. 
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
... MIDAS[*]
ESO-MIDAS (Munich Image Data Analysis System) is developed and maintained by the European Southern Observatory. 
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
... observatory[*]
The German-Spanish Astronomical Center (DSAZ or CAHA), operated by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, jointly with the Spanish National Commission for Astronomy. 
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Copyright ESO 2005
Article Contents
1 Introduction
2 Observations and data analysis
3 The kinematic scaling relations
4 The Mg ${_\textit {{b}}{-}\sigma }$ relation
5 Line diagnostic diagrams
6 The stellar populations
7 Summary and discussion
Appendix A: Parameters of the FORS Deep Field galaxies
References
List of tables
List of figures