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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-…