A view of massive compact galaxies in nearby galaxy clusters with GeMS/GSAOI

Carrasco Damele, Eleazar R.; Trujillo, I.
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #223, #208.04

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2014
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1
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Description
Massive galaxies at z>2 were a factor of 4 smaller than their present-day local counterparts. In the nearby universe (z<0.2), these galaxies are rare and relatively young. Recent works have suggested that nearby cluster of galaxies have significant fraction of massive compact galaxies, which are old and intriguingly, are not detected in large surveys. In this contribution we present preliminary analysis of the structural parameters of massive compact galaxies in one galaxy cluster based on high resolution, near diffraction limited images obtained with GeMS/GSAOI at Gemini South.