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On the reliability of the black hole mass and mass to light ratio determinations with Schwarzschild models
N. Cretton, E. Emsellem
In this Letter, we investigate the claim of Valluri et al. (2003), namely that the use of Schwarzschild dynamical (orbit-based) models leads to an indeterminacy regarding the estim…
Axisymmetric dynamical models for SAURON and OASIS observations of NGC 3377
Y. Copin, N. Cretton, E. Emsellem
We present a unique set of nested stellar kinematical maps of NGC 3377 obtained with the integral-field spectrographs OASIS and SAURON. We then construct general axisymmetric dynam…
The kinematics of 3:1-merger remnants and the formation of low-luminosity elliptical galaxies
N. Cretton, T. Naab, H. -W. Rix +1
We test the formation of low-luminosity elliptical galaxies through collisionless mergers of unequal-mass disk galaxies. The kinematic properties of a small survey of simulated mer…
Improved evidence for a black hole in M32 from HST/FOS spectra - II. Axisymmetric dynamical models
R. P. van der Marel, N. Cretton, P. T. de Zeeuw +1
Axisymmetric dynamical models are constructed for the E3 galaxy M32 to interpret high spatial resolution stellar kinematical HST data. Models are studied with two-integral phase-sp…
Dynamical Modeling of Velocity Profiles: The Dark Halo Around the Elliptical Galaxy NGC2434
Hans-Walter Rix, Tim de Zeeuw, Marcella Carollo +2
We describe a powerful technique to model and interpret the stellar line-of-sight velocity profiles of galaxies. Following Schwarzschild's modeling approach, a representative libra…