Bibcode
Pinna, F.; Falcón-Barroso, J.; Martig, M.; Sarzi, M.; Coccato, L.; Iodice, E.; Corsini, E. M.; de Zeeuw, P. T.; Gadotti, D. A.; Leaman, R.; Lyubenova, M.; McDermid, R. M.; Minchev, I.; Morelli, L.; van de Ven, G.; Viaene, S.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 623, id.A19, 21 pp.
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2019
Journal
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68
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62
Description
We present and discuss the stellar kinematics and populations of the S0
galaxy FCC 170 (NGC 1381) in the Fornax cluster, using deep MUSE data
from the Fornax 3D survey. We show the maps of the first four moments of
the stellar line-of-sight velocity distribution and of the mass-weighted
mean stellar age, metallicity, and [Mg/Fe] abundance ratio. The
high-quality MUSE stellar kinematic measurements unveil the structure of
this massive galaxy: a nuclear disk, a bar seen as a boxy bulge with a
clear higher-velocity-dispersion X shape, a fast-rotating and flaring
thin disk and a slower rotating thick disk. Whereas their overall old
age makes it difficult to discuss differences in the formation epoch
between these components, we find a clear-cut distinction between
metal-rich and less [Mg/Fe]-enhanced populations in the thin-disk,
boxy-bulge and nuclear disk, and more metal-poor and [Mg/Fe]-enhanced
stars in the thick disk. Located in the densest region of the Fornax
cluster, where signs of tidal stripping have been recently found, the
evolution of FCC 170 might have been seriously affected by its
environment. We discuss the possibility of its "preprocessing" in a
subgroup before falling into the present-day cluster, which would have
shaped this galaxy a long time ago. The thick disk displays a composite
star formation history, as a significant fraction of younger stars
co-exist with the main older thick-disk population. The former
subpopulation is characterized by even lower-metallicity and
higher-[Mg/Fe] values, suggesting that these stars formed later and
faster in a less chemically evolved satellite, which was subsequently
accreted. Finally, we discuss evidence that metal-rich and less
[Mg/Fe]-enhanced stars were brought in the outer parts of the thick disk
by the flaring of the thin disk.
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