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Table 3

Comparison table providing the most relevant previous studies on stellar population gradients.

Reference Sample size Observation type Radial range log AgeL [Fe/H]L Units

Davies et al. (1993) 13 Long-slit 1–1.3 Reff –0.2 ± 0.10 dex/dex
Mehlert et al. (2003) 35 Long-slit 1 Reff ~0 –0.16 ± 0.12 dex/dex
Wu et al. (2005) 36 Photometry <5 Reff 0.02 ± 0.04 –0.25 ± 0.03 dex/dex
Sánchez-Blázquez et al. (2006) 61a Long-slit <1 Reff 0.08 ± 0.01 –0.21 ± 0.02 dex/dex
Sánchez-Blázquez et al. (2006) 21b Long-slit <1 Reff 0.03 ± 0.07 –0.33 ± 0.07 dex/dex
Brough et al. (2007) 6 Long-slit <1 Reff 0.01 ± 0.04 –0.31 ± 0.05 dex/dex
Reda et al. (2007) 12 Long-slit 1 Reff 0.04 ± 0.08 –0.25 ± 0.05 dex/dex
Sánchez-Blázquez et al. (2007) 11 Long-slit <1 Reff 0.16 ± 0.05 –0.33 ± 0.07 dex/dex
Rawle et al. (2008) 12 IFU 1 Reff 0.08 ± 0.08 –0.20 ± 0.05 dex/Reff
Spolaor et al. (2008) 2 Long-slit <1.5 Reff –0.01 ± 0.04 –0.42 ± 0.06 dex/dex
Kuntschner et al. (2010) 48 IFU <1 Reff 0.02 ± 0.13 –0.28 ± 0.12 dex/dex
Rawle et al. (2010) 19 IFU 1 Reff –0.02 ± 0.06 –0.13 ± 0.04 dex/Reff
Spolaor et al. (2010) 14 Long-slit 1–3 Reff 0.03 ± 0.17 –0.22 ± 0.14 dex/dex
Koleva et al. (2011) 40 Long-slit <2 Reff ~ 0.1 ~–0.2 dex/Reff
La Barbera et al. (2012) 674 Photometry <8 Reff ~ 0.1 ~–0.4 dex/dex
González Delgado et al. (2015) 41 IFU 0–1 Reff ~–0.25 ~–0.1 dex/Reff
González Delgado et al. (2015) 41 IFU 1–2 Reff ~–0.05 ~–0.1 dex/Reff
Wilkinson et al. (2015) 5 IFU <1.5 Reff ~0 –0.15 ± 0.14 dex/Reff
Goddard et al. (2017) 505 IFU <1.5 Reff 0.004 ± 0.06 –0.12 ± 0.05 dex/Reff
Zheng et al. (2017) 463 IFU <1.5 Reff –0.05 ± 0.01 –0.09 ± 0.01 dex/Reff
This work (E-MILES) 23 Photometry <2–3.5 Reff 0.02 ± 0.06 –0.09 ± 0.06 dex/Reff
This work (E-MILES) 23 Photometry <2–3.5 Reff 0.03 ± 0.21 –0.17 ± 0.13 dex/dex

Median values 0.00 ± 0.05 –0.12 ± 0.03 dex/Reff
0.03 ± 0.01 –0.25 ± 0.06 dex/dex

Notes. Only early-type galaxies and luminosity-weighted age and metallicity gradients are considered.

(a)

Low-density environment galaxies.

(b)

High-density environment galaxies.

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