On the estimation of galaxy structural parameters: The Sérsic model

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 869-876

  Trujillo, I ^a   Graham, Alister W ^a   Caon, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: structure; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE; PHOTOMETRY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EARLY TYPES; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; MODEL INDEPENDENT; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SURFACE BRIGHTNESS; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0000622705     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04471.x     Document Type: Article

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