A new method for the identification of non-Gaussian line profiles in elliptical galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 525-539

  Van Der Marel, Roeland P ^a   Franx, Marijn ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Line: profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044257472     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/172534     Document Type: Article

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