Galaxy light concentration. I. Index stability and the connection with galaxy structure, dynamics, and supermassive black holes

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1707-1717

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

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039896237     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323090     Document Type: Article

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