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HISTORY OF STAR FORMATION OF EARLY TYPE GALAXIES FROM INTEGRATED LIGHT: STELLAR AGES AND ABUNDANCES

  • Schiavon, Ricardo P. (Gemini Observatory)
  • Received : 2010.07.21
  • Accepted : 2010.08.03
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

I briefly review what has been learned from determinations of mean stellar ages and abundances from integrated light studies of early-type galaxies, and discuss some new questions posed by recent data. A short discussion of spectroscopic ages is presented, but the main focus of this review is on the abundances of Fe, Mg, Ca, N, and C, obtained from comparisons of measurements taken in integrated spectra of galaxies with predictions from stellar population synthesis models.

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