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The Core Properties of Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Tod R. Lauer
Tod R. Lauer*
Affiliation:
Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

Abstract

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The core structure of elliptical galaxies is determined by two parameters: total luminosity L and central luminosity density ρC. Scatter in ρC at any L may imply dissipational formation of core structure; once this scatter is accounted for, however, the pure L dependence of the core parameters can be isolated and perhaps used as a metric distance indicator.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 381 - 382
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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