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Analytical properties of the R^(1/m) luminosity law
L. Ciotti, G. Bertin
In this paper we describe some analytical properties of the R^{1/m} law proposed by Sersic (1968) to categorize the photometric profiles of elliptical galaxies. In particular, we p…
Analytical properties of the R^{1/m} law
L. Ciotti, G. Bertin
In this paper we describe some analytical properties of the R^{1/m} law proposed by Sersic to categorize the photometric profiles of elliptical galaxies. In particular, we present…
Phase-space constraints on visible and dark matter distributions in elliptical galaxies
L. Ciotti
There are observational and theoretical indications that both the visible (stars) and the dark matter density distributions in elliptical galaxies increase significantly up to the…
Inversion of the Abel equation for toroidal density distributions
L. Ciotti
In this paper I present three new results of astronomical interest concerning the theory of Abel inversion. 1) I show that in the case of a spatial emissivity that is constant on t…