Probing the mass assembly of massive nearby galaxies with deep imaging

P. A. Duc; J. C. Cuillandre; K. Alatalo; L. Blitz; M. Bois; F. Bournaud; M. Bureau; M. Cappellari; P. Côté; R. L. Davies; T. A. Davis; P. T. De Zeeuw; E. Emsellem; L. Ferrarese; E. Ferriere; S. Gwyn; S. Khochfar; D. Krajnovic; H. Kuntschner; P. Y. Lablanche; R. M. McDermid; L. Michel-Dansac; R. Morganti; T. Naab; T. Oosterloo; M. Sarzi; N. Scott; P. Serra; A. Weijmans; L. M. Young

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Probing the mass assembly of massive nearby galaxies with deep imaging

P. A. Duc, J. C. Cuillandre, K. Alatalo, L. Blitz, M. Bois, F. Bournaud, M. Bureau, M. Cappellari, P. Côté, R. L. Davies, T. A. Davis, P. T. De Zeeuw, E. Emsellem, L. Ferrarese, E. Ferriere, S. Gwyn, S. Khochfar, D. Krajnovic, H. Kuntschner, P. Y. LablancheR. M. McDermid, L. Michel-Dansac, R. Morganti, T. Naab, T. Oosterloo, M. Sarzi, N. Scott, P. Serra, A. Weijmans, L. M. Young

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According to a popular scenario supported by numerical models, the mass assembly and growth of massive galaxies, in particular the Early-Type Galaxies (ETGs), is, below a redshift of 1, mainly due to the accretion of multiple gas-poor satellites. In order to get observational evidence of the role played by minor dry mergers, we are obtaining extremely deep optical images of a complete volume limited sample of nearby ETGs. These observations, done with the CFHT as part of the ATLAS^3D, NGVS and MATLAS projects, reach a stunning 28.5 - 29 mag.arcsec^-2 surface brightness limit in the g' band. They allow us to detect the relics of past collisions such as faint stellar tidal tails as well as the very extended stellar halos which keep the memory of the last episodes of galactic accretion. Images and preliminary results from this on-going survey are presented, in particular a possible correlation between the fine structure index (which parametrizes the amount of tidal perturbation) of the ETGs, their stellar mass, effective radius and gas content.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Intriguing Life of Massive Galaxies
Editors	Daniel Thomas, Anna Pasquali, Ignacio Ferreras
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Pages	358-361
Number of pages	4
Volume	8
Edition	S295
ISBN (Print)	9781107033849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131300536X
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Number	S295
Volume	8
ISSN (Print)	17439213
ISSN (Electronic)	17439221

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Duc, P. A., Cuillandre, J. C., Alatalo, K., Blitz, L., Bois, M., Bournaud, F., Bureau, M., Cappellari, M., Côté, P., Davies, R. L., Davis, T. A., De Zeeuw, P. T., Emsellem, E., Ferrarese, L., Ferriere, E., Gwyn, S., Khochfar, S., Krajnovic, D., Kuntschner, H., ... Young, L. M. (2012). Probing the mass assembly of massive nearby galaxies with deep imaging. In D. Thomas, A. Pasquali, & I. Ferreras (Eds.), The Intriguing Life of Massive Galaxies (S295 ed., Vol. 8, pp. 358-361). (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S295). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131300536X

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The Intriguing Life of Massive Galaxies. ed. / Daniel Thomas; Anna Pasquali; Ignacio Ferreras. Vol. 8 S295. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2012. p. 358-361 (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S295).

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Duc PA, Cuillandre JC, Alatalo K, Blitz L, Bois M, Bournaud F et al. Probing the mass assembly of massive nearby galaxies with deep imaging. In Thomas D, Pasquali A, Ferreras I, editors, The Intriguing Life of Massive Galaxies. S295 ed. Vol. 8. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 2012. p. 358-361. (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; S295). doi: 10.1017/S174392131300536X

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