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The Elliptical-Spheroidal and Elliptical-Elliptical Galaxy Dichotomies
John Kormendy
This paper summarizes Kormendy et al. (2009, ApJS, in press, arXiv:0810.1681). We confirm that spheroidal galaxies have fundamental plane correlations that are almost perpendicular…
Secular Evolution in Disk Galaxies: Pseudobulge Growth and the Formation of Spheroidal Galaxies
John Kormendy, David B. Fisher
Updating Kormendy & Kennicutt (2004, ARAA, 42, 603), we review internal secular evolution of galaxy disks. One consequence is the growth of pseudobulges that often are mistaken for…
Dissipation and Extra Light in Galactic Nuclei: III. 'Core' Ellipticals and 'Missing' Light
Philip F. Hopkins, Tod R. Lauer, Thomas J. Cox +2
We investigate how 'extra' central light in the surface brightness profiles of cusp ellipticals relates to the profiles of ellipticals with cores. Cusp elliptical envelopes are for…
Dissipation and Extra Light in Galactic Nuclei: II. 'Cusp' Ellipticals
Philip F. Hopkins, Thomas J. Cox, Suvendra N. Dutta +3
We study the origin and properties of 'extra' or 'excess' central light in the surface brightness profiles of cusp or power-law ellipticals. Dissipational mergers give rise to two-…
The Black Hole Mass and Extreme Orbital Structure in NGC1399
Karl Gebhardt, Tod R. Lauer, Jason Pinkney +12
The largest galaxies, and in particular central galaxies in clusters, offer unique insight into understanding the mechanism for the growth of nuclear black holes. We present Hubble…
Internal Secular Evolution in Disk Galaxies: The Growth of Pseudobulges
John Kormendy
Observational and theoretical evidence that internal, slow ("secular") evolution reshapes galaxy disks is reviewed in Kormendy & Kennicutt (2004, ARAA, 42, 603). This update has th…