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- Title
- The M/L versus M relation and the tilt of the Fundamental Plane
- Author(s)
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Busarello, G.;
Lanzoni, B.;
Capaccioli, M.;
Longo, G.;
Colless, Matthew;
Graham, Alister W.
- Abstract
- By making use of extended kinematical data for a sample of ellipticals, we address the problem of the claimed existence of a relation between mass and mass-to-light ratio. We show that dynamical non-homology is largely responsible for that relation.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Source
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Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana: Proceedings of 'Views on Distance Indicators', Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi, Massa Lubrense, Italy, 03-06 September 1997 / M. Arnaboldi, F. Caputo and A. Rifatto (eds.),
Vol. 69, pp. 217-223
- Publication year
- 1998
- Keyword(s)
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Dynamical non-homology;
Elliptical galaxies;
FP;
Fundamental Plane;
Kinematics
- Publisher
- Fabrizio Serra Editore
- ISBN
- 0037-8720 (series ISSN)
- Publisher URL
- http://sait.oat.ts.astro.it/Memlist.htm
- Copyright
- Copyright © Società Astronomica Italiana (1998). Published version of the paper reproduced here with the kind permission of the publisher.
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