Triaxial stellar systems following the r1/n luminosity law: An analytical mass-density expression, gravitational torques and the bulge/disc interplay

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 333, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 510-516

  Trujillo, I ^a   Asensio Ramos, A ^a   Rubino Martin J A ^a   Graham, Alister W ^a,b   Aguerri, J A L ^c   Cepa, J ^a   Gutierrez C M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: structure; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; STARS;

AXISYMMETRIC; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY; GALAXIES: SPIRALS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; K BANDS; STELLAR DYNAMICS; STELLAR SYSTEM; TRIAXIALITY;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0038420843     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05367.x     Document Type: Article

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