On the Radial Stellar Content of Early-Type Galaxies as a Function of Mass and Environment

Using optical-optical and optical-NIR colors, we analyze the radial dependence of age and metallicity inside massive (M* > 10^10.5 MSun), low-redshift (z

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Main Authors: La Barbera, F, Ferreras, I, de Carvalho, R R, Lopes, P A A, Pasquali, A, I G de la Rosa, De Lucia, G
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Astronomical models
Constraint modelling
Dependence
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Galactic evolution
Galaxies
Metallicity
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Stellar age
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