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Paper: HI Gas Disks in Elliptical Galaxies
Volume: 230, Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies
Page: 285
Authors: Sadler, E. M.; Oosterloo, T.; Morganti, R.
Abstract: We discuss a class of low-luminosity E/S0 galaxies which have both HI disks and (in contrast to more luminous E/S0s with HI) ongoing star formation. We suggest that such objects are common, but that only a few are known at present because optical magnitude-limited galaxy catalogues are biased against them. The HI Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS) should eventually detect many more. We suggest that `boxy' and `disky' ellipticals are distinct not only in their structure and kinematics, but in their star-formation history.
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