3 papers
astro-ph2005
The Formation of Galactic Bulges
Reynier Peletier, Marc Balcells, Jesus Falcon-Barroso +1
We summarise some recent results about nearby galactic bulges that are relevant to their formation. We highlight a number of significant advances in our understanding of the surfac…
astro-ph2002
The Correlation Between Supermassive Black Hole Mass and the Structure of Ellipticals and Bulges
Peter Erwin, Alister W. Graham, Nicola Caon
We demonstrate a strong correlation between supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass and the global structure of ellipticals and bulges: more centrally concentrated bulges and elliptica…
astro-ph2001
Nuclear Components in the Bulges of Disk Galaxies
M. Balcells, L. Dominguez-Palmero, A. Graham +1
By combining surface brightness profiles from images taken in the HST/NICMOS F160W and ground-based (GB) bands, we have obtained NIR profiles for a well studied sample of incli…