The Fundamental Plane of elliptical galaxies and the virial theorem

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Levine, Stephen E ^a,b   Aguilar, Luis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interactions

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; LUMINANCE;

ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXY EVOLUTION; PHYSICAL ASSUMPTIONS; SIMPLE++; SURFACE BRIGHTNESS; VIRIAL EQUILIBRIUM; VIRIAL THEOREMS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0008544507     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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