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Colors and Mass-to-Light Ratios of Bulges and Disks of Nearby Spiral Galaxies
We investigate colors and mass-to-light ratios (s) of the bulges and
disks for 28 nearby spiral galaxies with various morphological types of Sab to
Scd, using images in optical and near-infrared (, , and ) bands and
published rotation curves. It is shown that the observed colors and s
generally agree with the galaxy formation model with an exponentially declining
star formation rate and shallow slope (ex. Scalo) initial mass function (IMF)
for both the bulges and the disks. We find that the bulge is generally
higher than the disk and that the galaxies with larger bulge-to-total
luminosity ratio tend to have a smaller bulge . The fact indicates that
the luminosity-weighted average age of bulges for early-type spirals is younger
than that of later-type spirals. These results support a formation scenario
that produces young stars for the bulges of middle-type and early-type spirals.Comment: 33 pages, 24 figures, PASJ accepte
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