Detection of surface brightness fluctuations in elliptical galaxies imaged with the advanced camera for surveys: B- and I-band measurements

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 662, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 940-951

  Cantiello, Michele ^a,b   Raimondo, Gabriella ^b   Blakeslee, John P ^a   Brocato, Enzo ^b   Capaccioli, Massimo ^c,d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547311027     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517984     Document Type: Article

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