Stellar systems following the R1/m luminosity law. II. Anisotropy, velocity profiles, and the fundamental plane of elliptical galaxies

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 321, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 724-732

  Ciotti, L ^a   Lanzoni, B ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000584639     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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