Small Scatter and Nearly Isothermal Mass Profiles to Four Half-Light Radii from Two-Dimensional Stellar Dynamics of Early-Type Galaxies

Authors

Michele Cappellari, University of Oxford
Aaron Romanowsky, San Jose State UniversityFollow
Jean Brodie, University of California Observatories
Duncan Forbes, Swinburne University of Technology
Jay Strader, Michigan State University
Caroline Foster, Australian Astronomical Observatory
Sreeja Kartha, Swinburne University of Technology
Nicola Pastorello, Swinburne University of Technology
Vincenzo Pota, Swinburne University of Technology
Lee Spitler, Australian Astronomical Observatory
Christopher Usher, Swinburne University of Technology
Jacob Arnold, University of California Observatories

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 2015

Publication Title

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volume

804

Issue Number

1

DOI

10.1088/2041-8205/804/1/L21

Keywords

galaxies: elliptical and lenticular cD, galaxies: formation, galaxies: kinematics and dynamics, galaxies: structure

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | External Galaxies

Comments

© 2015. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Originally published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, volume 804, issue 1, article 21, 2015. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/804/1/L21

Recommended Citation

Michele Cappellari, Aaron Romanowsky, Jean Brodie, Duncan Forbes, Jay Strader, Caroline Foster, Sreeja Kartha, Nicola Pastorello, Vincenzo Pota, Lee Spitler, Christopher Usher, and Jacob Arnold. "Small Scatter and Nearly Isothermal Mass Profiles to Four Half-Light Radii from Two-Dimensional Stellar Dynamics of Early-Type Galaxies" The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2015). https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/804/1/L21