Astrophysics: Era of the compact disk

THE MAJORITY OF COMPACT MASSIVE GALAXIES ATz∼ 2 ARE DISK DOMINATED

(2011) Arjen van der Wel et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE BEYONDz= 2 FOR MASSIVE GALAXIES: CONTRASTING LARGE STAR-FORMING AND COMPACT QUIESCENT GALAXIES

(2009) Mariska Kriek et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A high stellar velocity dispersion for a compact massive galaxy at redshift z = 2.186

(2009) Pieter G. van Dokkum et al.   NATURE

Morphologies and Color Gradients of Luminous Evolved Galaxies atz∼ 1.5

(2008) Elizabeth J. McGrath et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Confirmation of the Remarkable Compactness of Massive Quiescent Galaxies atz~ 2.3: Early-Type Galaxies Did not Form in a Simple Monolithic Collapse

(2008) Pieter G. van Dokkum et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The SAURON project - XII. Kinematic substructures in early-type galaxies: evidence for discs in fast rotators

(2008) Davor Krajnović et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY