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The first sample of spectroscopically confirmed ultra-compact massive galaxies in the Kilo Degree Survey
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We present results from an ongoing investigation using the Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) on the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) to provide a census of ultra-compact massive galaxies (UCMGs), defined as galaxies with stellar masses M* > 8 × 1010M⊙ and effective radii Re < 1.5 kpc. UCMGs, which are expected to have undergone very few merger events, provide a unique view on the accretion history of the most massive galaxies in the Universe. Over an effective sky area of nearly 330 deg2, we select U...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1093/mnras/sty2564
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society More from this journal
- Volume:
- 481
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 4728-4752
- Publication date:
- 2018-09-20
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-14
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1365-2966
- ISSN:
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0035-8711
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English
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955197
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pubs:955197
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2020-04-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Tortora, C et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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- This is the publisher's version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2564
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