* Astronomy

Title: Spiral Galaxies in the SAURON Survey
Authors: Reynier F. Peletier (1), Katia Ganda (1), Jesus Falcon-Barroso (2), Roland Bacon (3), Michele Cappellari (4), Roger L. Davies (4), P. Tim de Zeeuw (5,6), Eric Emsellem (3), Davor Krajnovic (4), Harald Kuntschner (6), Richard M. McDermid (5), Marc Sarzi (7), Glenn van de Ven (8); ((1) Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, (2) ESA/Estec, (3) CRAL/Observatoire de Lyon, (4) Oxford, (5) Leiden, (6) ESO, Garching, (7) University of Hertfordshire/Hatfield, (8) IAS Princeton)

We discuss some recent integral field spectroscopy using the SAURON instrument of a sample consisting of 24 early-type spirals, part of the SAURON Survey, and 18 late-type spirals. Using 2-dimensional maps of their stellar radial velocity, velocity dispersion, and absorption line strength, it is now much easier to understand the nature of nearby galactic bulges. We discuss a few highlights of this work, and point out some new ideas about the formation of galactic bulges.

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