The velocity dispersion function of early-type galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 594, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 225-231

  Sheth, Ravi K ^a   Bernardi, Mariangela ^b   Schechter, Paul L ^c   Burles, Scott ^c   Eisenstein, Daniel J ^d   Finkbeiner, Douglas P ^e,f   Frieman, Joshua ^g   Lupton, Robert H ^f   Schlegel, David J ^f   Subbarao, Mark ^g   Shimasaku, K ^h   Bahcall, Neta A ^f   Brinkmann, J ⁱ   Ivezić, Zeljko ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: Stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 19244369008     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376794     Document Type: Review

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