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astro-ph1999
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…
astro-ph1999
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…