Confirmation of the Remarkable Compactness of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z  2.3: Early-Type Galaxies Did not Form in a Simple Monolithic Collapse

P.~G. van Dokkum; M. Franx; M. Kriek; B. Holden; G.~D. Illingworth; D. Magee; R. Bouwens; D. Marchesini; R. Quadri; G. Rudnick; E.~N. Taylor; S. Toft

doi:10.1086/587874

Confirmation of the Remarkable Compactness of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z 2.3: Early-Type Galaxies Did not Form in a Simple Monolithic Collapse

P.~G. van Dokkum, M. Franx, M. Kriek, B. Holden, G.~D. Illingworth, D. Magee, R. Bouwens, D. Marchesini, R. Quadri, G. Rudnick, E.~N. Taylor, S. Toft

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Original language	English
Journal	Astrophysics Journal Letters
Volume	677
Pages (from-to)	L5-L8
ISSN	2041-8205
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/587874
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2008
Externally published	Yes

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van Dokkum, P. G., Franx, M., Kriek, M., Holden, B., Illingworth, G. D., Magee, D., Bouwens, R., Marchesini, D., Quadri, R., Rudnick, G., Taylor, E. N., & Toft, S. (2008). Confirmation of the Remarkable Compactness of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z 2.3: Early-Type Galaxies Did not Form in a Simple Monolithic Collapse. Astrophysics Journal Letters, 677, L5-L8. https://doi.org/10.1086/587874

van Dokkum, PG, Franx, M, Kriek, M, Holden, B, Illingworth, GD, Magee, D, Bouwens, R, Marchesini, D, Quadri, R, Rudnick, G, Taylor, EN & Toft, S 2008, 'Confirmation of the Remarkable Compactness of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z 2.3: Early-Type Galaxies Did not Form in a Simple Monolithic Collapse', Astrophysics Journal Letters, vol. 677, pp. L5-L8. https://doi.org/10.1086/587874

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