The Kormendy Relation of HDF Ellipticals

dc.creatorFasano, Giovanni
dc.creatorCristiani, Stefano
dc.creatorArnouts, Stephane
dc.date1997-08-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:24:04Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:24:04Z
dc.descriptionWe present the results of the detailed surface photometry of a sample of elliptical galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field. In the (surface_brightness-effective_radius) plane, the elliptical galaxies of the HDF turn out to follow a `rest frame' Kormendy relation, once the appropriate K+E corrections are applied. This evidence, linked to the dynamical information gathered by Steidel et al. (1996), indicates that these galaxies, even at z ~ 2-3, lie in the Fundamental Plane, in a virial equilibrium condition. At the same redshifts a statistically signifcant lack of large galaxies [i.e. with log r_e(kpc) > 0.2] is observed.
dc.description5 pages, LaTeX with lamuphys.sty macros, 2 embedded postscript figures. To appear in `The Hubble Deep Field', ed M. Livio, STScI Symposium Series
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9708221
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9708221
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/11489
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Kormendy Relation of HDF Ellipticals
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