We review the physical properties of nearby, relatively luminous galaxies, using results from
newly available massive data sets together with more detailed observations. First, we …

Major progress has been achieved in recent years in mapping the properties of passively-
evolving, early-type galaxies (ETG) from the local universe all the way to redshift∼ 2. Here …

The assembly of stellar and supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass in elliptical galaxies
since z∼ 1 can help to diagnose the origins of locally observed correlations between SMBH …

Using a high-resolution hydrodynamical cosmological simulation of the formation of a
massive spheroidal galaxy we show that elliptical galaxies can be very compact and …

We study the growth of massive galaxies from z= 2 to the present using data from the
NOAO/Yale NEWFIRM Medium Band Survey. The sample is selected at a constant number …

The environment is known to affect the formation and evolution of galaxies considerably best
visible through the well-known morphology–density relationship. It is less clear, though …

Calculating the galaxy merger rate requires both a census of galaxies identified as merger
candidates and a cosmologically averaged" observability" timescale< T obs (z)> for …

New surface photometry of all known elliptical galaxies in the Virgo cluster is combined with
published data to derive composite profiles of brightness, ellipticity, position angle, isophote …

We present a detailed two-dimensional stellar dynamical analysis of a sample of 44
cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of individual central galaxies with stellar masses …

A major amendment in recent models of hierarchical galaxy formation is the inclusion of so-
called active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback. The energy input from an active central …