Program: GS-2010B-Q-81

Title:Stellar archeology of AGN
PI:Joao E. Steiner
Co-I(s): Roberto B. Menezes, Tiago V. Ricci

Abstract

The goal of this proposal is to produce stellar archeology for the inner bulges of three AGN galaxies (M 104, M 83 and NGC 6240). Stellar archeology produces images of the history of star formation and chemical composition. We will, also, study the dynamics of the stellar component relative to the nucleus and the emission line component. Recently analytic techniques will be used in analyzing the data. Emission line properties will be modeled with spatial resolution. We expect to study three galaxies in very distinct phases of their merging process and understand better its evolution.

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