The relationship between the Sérsic law profiles measured along the major and minor axes of elliptical galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 347, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 824-832

  Ferrari, F ^a,d   Dottori, H ^a   Caon, N ^b   Nobrega, A ^a,c   Pavani, D B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c Universidade Comunitaria Regional de Chapeco   (Brazil)

^d MCT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METADATA; PHOTOMETRY;

ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES; ELLIPTICALS; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; ISOPHOTES; LAW PROFILE; MAJOR AXIS; MINOR AXIS; NATURAL CONSEQUENCES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 1642559276     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07254.x     Document Type: Article

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