The Incidence of E+A Galaxies in the Environments Probed by the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

01-Sep-99


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The Incidence of E+A Galaxies in the Environments Probed by the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
Introduction
What is an E+A Galaxy?
Typical E+A Galaxy Spectrum
What is an E+A Galaxy?
Why study E+A Galaxies?
Goals of Research
The Sample
Selection Criteria
Preliminary Analysis of Sample
Gaussian Fits to Lines
Preliminary Analysis of Sample
Balmer line absorption vs [OII] line emission
What about just using H-delta?
Example spectrum
Results
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Problems in Gaussian Fitting
Example problem
An Interesting Case
Interesting Case Spectrum
Another Interesting Case
Discussion I
Discussion II
The Future
Author: Kathryn Deeley

Email: kde@aaoepp.aao.gov.au