Exploring cluster elliptical galaxies as cosmological standard rods

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 493, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 529-535

  Bender, Ralf ^a,c,d   Saglia, R P ^a   Ziegler, Bodo ^a,c,d   Belloni, Paola ^a,b   Greggio, Laura ^a,e   Hopp, Ulrich ^a   Bruzual, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE ASTRONOMÍA   (Venezuela)

^c German Spanish Astronomical Center   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies : evolution; Galaxies : formation; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040635650     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305166     Document Type: Article

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