Dissecting Kinematics and Stellar Populations of Counter-Rotating   Galaxies with 2-Dimensional Spectroscopy
  We present a spectral decomposition technique and its applications to a sample of galaxies hosting large-scale counter-rotating stellar disks. Our spectral decomposition technique allows to separate and measure the kinematics and the properties of the stellar populations of both the two counter-rotating disks in the observed galaxies at the same time. Our results provide new insights on the epoch and mechanism of formation of these galaxies. 
L. Coccato (1,2), L. Morelli (3,4), A. Pizzella (3), E. M. Corsini   (3,4), E. Dalla Bonta' (3,4), and L. M. Buson (4) ((1) ...
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