Scaling relations in early-type galaxies from integral-field stellar kinematics

M. Cappellari, N. Scott, K. Alatalo, L. Blitz, M. Bois, F. Bournaud, M. Bureau, R. L. Davies, T. A. Davis, P. T. de Zeeuw, E. Emsellem, J. Falcon-Barroso, S. Khochfar, D. Krajnovic, H. Kuntschner, P. -Y Lablanche, R. M. McDermid, R. Morganti, T. Naab, M. SarziP. Serra, R.C.E. van den Bosch, G. van de Ven, A. Weijmans, L. M. Young

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Abstract

Early-type galaxies (ETGs) satisfy a now classic scaling relation Re ∝ σ1.2eI‑0.8e, the Fundamental Plane (FP; Djorgovski & Davis 1987; Dressler et al. 1987), between their size, stellar velocity dispersion and mean surface brightness. A significant effort has been devoted in the past twenty years to try to understand why the coefficients of the relation are not the ones predicted by the virial theorem Re ∝ σ2eI‑1e.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)81
Number of pages1
JournalHighlights of Astronomy
Volume15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov-2010

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