The specific entropy of elliptical galaxies: An explanation for profile-shape distance indicators?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 481-495

  Lima Neto, G B ^a,b   Gerbal, D ^a,c   Marquez I ^d  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: clusters: individual: Abell 85; Galaxies: clusters: individual: Coma; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: fundamental parameters

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ENTROPY; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; GAS DYNAMICS;

ABELL 85; DISTANCE SCALE; ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES; GALAXIES DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS; GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: COMA; GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: VIRGO; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXY: CLUSTER: INDIVIDUAL: ABELL 85; SPECIFIC ENTROPY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0001281750     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02849.x     Document Type: Article

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