# Constraints on the evolutionary mechanisms of massive galaxies since z ~ 1 from their velocity dispersions

@article{Arriba2015ConstraintsOT,
title={Constraints on the evolutionary mechanisms of massive galaxies since z ~ 1 from their velocity dispersions},
author={Luis Peralta de Arriba and Marc Balcells and Ignacio Trujillo and Jes'us Falc'on-Barroso and Trinidad Tapia and Nicol{\'a}s Cardiel and Jorge Gallego and Rafael Guzm'an and Angela Hempel and Ignacio Mart'in-Navarro and Pablo G. P'erez-Gonz'alez and P. S'anchez-Bl'aquez},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2015},
volume={453},
pages={704-720}
}
Several authors have reported that the dynamical masses of massive compact galaxies (M_⋆ ≳ 10^11 M_⊙, r_e ∼ 1 kpc), computed as M_dyn=5.0 σ_e^2r_e/GMdyn=5.0 σe2re/G, are lower than their stellar masses M_⋆. In a previous study from our group, the discrepancy is interpreted as a breakdown of the assumption of homology that underlie the M_dyn determinations. Here, we present new spectroscopy of six redshift z ≈ 1.0 massive compact ellipticals from the Extended Groth Strip, obtained with the 10.4… Expand
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