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HI in Early-Type Galaxies

T. Oosterloo, R. Morganti, E. M. Sadler

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0009112

Abstract

We briefly discuss the main differences between the HI properties of luminous and low-luminosity early-type galaxies. In luminous early-type galaxies the HI is often irregularly distributed, but in a few cases regular HI disks, of low surface density, are seen. In low-luminosity galaxies, the HI is more often in a disk with high central surface densities. This suggests a different evolution of the gas in these two groups of galaxies.

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