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We present a SALT-RSS spectroscopic study of a sample of S0 galaxiesestablished by Vaghmare et al. (2015) as having pseudobulges using acombination of photometric criteria. We extract the spectra of various regionsalong the galaxy major axis using standard long-slit spectroscopic reductionprocedures and model the spectra using STARLIGHT to derive detailed starformation histories. The central spectra of galaxies without bars in our samplereveal a complex star formation history, which is consistent with the beliefthat pseudobulges have a history of star formation distributed over extendedperiods of time. The spectra of the unbarred galaxies contain strong emissionlines such as H $\alpha$, indicating active star formation, which appears to bein contradiction with the expectation that S0 galaxies have been stripped ofgas. In the case of the two barred galaxies in the sample, the spectrum isdominated by light from a much older stellar population. This seems to suggestan accelerated formation of the pseudobulge made possible by the action of thebar. One of these galaxies appears to have exhausted its reservoir of gas andthus has no signature of a recently formed population of stars while the othergalaxy has managed to give rise to new stars through a recent funnellingaction. We have also confirmed the influence of bars on the nature of thestellar population in a pseudobulge using an alternate sample based on the SDSS

A SALT Spectral Study of S0s Hosting Pseudobulges