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The effect of environment on the fundamental plane of elliptical galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2016

R. Kipper
Affiliation:
Tartu Observatory, Observatooriumi 1, 61602 Tõravere, Estonia Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
A. Tamm
Affiliation:
Tartu Observatory, Observatooriumi 1, 61602 Tõravere, Estonia
P. Tenjes
Affiliation:
Tartu Observatory, Observatooriumi 1, 61602 Tõravere, Estonia Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
E. Tempel
Affiliation:
Tartu Observatory, Observatooriumi 1, 61602 Tõravere, Estonia
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Abstract

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We study the effect of environment to fundamental relation of elliptical galaxies. We find that superclusters, filaments and groups give noticeable effect to slope of velocity dispersions while little to luminosity slope.

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Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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