Environmental dependence of the IMF-sensitive features in intermediate-mass quiescent galaxies

Eftekhari, E.; Vazdekis, A.; Mosleh, M.; Tavasoli, A.
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Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villaver, S. Pérez-Hoyos, I. Ordóñez-Etxeberria (eds.) p. 215-215

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2019
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In this work, we investigate the impact of large-scale environment on the IMF in quiescent galaxies. For this purpose, we compare the trend of IMF-sensitive spectral features with respect to galaxy mass in three samples of intermediate-mass galaxies that reside in low, intermediate and high-density environments. Using SDSS DR7 spectra stacked by velocity dispersion and redshift, in a purely observational approach, we find that the IMF of intermediate-mass galaxies does not significantly depend on the galactic environment.