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                            Toloba, Elisa; Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia; Gorgas, Javier; Gibson, Brad K.
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                                    PROBING STELLAR POPULATIONS OUT TO THE DISTANT UNIVERSE: CEFALU 2008, Proceedings of the International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1111, pp. 168-171 (2009).
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                                    The near-UV NH3360 feature has been measured in a sample of 35
early-type galaxies spanning a wide range of masses and environments. We
found that, contrary to what is seen with Mg- and C-sensitive Lick-style
indices, NH3360 does not vary significantly with galaxy velocity
dispersion. When compared with solar-scaled stellar population models
N/Fe appears mildly enhanced. We do not detect any difference in the
NH3360 index between galaxies in different environments. We outline the
important implications of these conclusions for our understanding of the
origin of carbon and nitrogen, and the star formation histories of
early-type galaxies.