Star formation in early-type galaxies: the role of stellar winds and
  kinematics
  Early-type galaxies (ETGs) host a hot ISM produced mainly by stellar winds,
and heated by Type Ia supernovae and the thermalization of stellar motions.
High resolution 2D hydrodynamical simulations showed that ordered rotation in
the stellar component results in the formation of a centrifugally supported
cold equatorial disc. In a recent numerical investigation we found that
subsequent generations of stars are formed in this cold disc; this process
consumes most of the cold gas, leaving at the present epoch cold masses
comparable to those observed. Most of the new stellar mass formed a few Gyrs
ago, and resides in a disc.
