Structural properties of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in the fornax and virgo clusters

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 461-478

  Evstigneeva, E A ^a   Drinkwater, M J ^a   Peng, C Y ^b   Hilker, M ^c   De Propris, R ^d   Jones, J B ^e   Phillipps, S ^f   Gregg, M D ^g,h   Karick, A M ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: clusters: individual (Fornax Cluster, Virgo Cluster); Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549086658     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/136/1/461     Document Type: Article

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