HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF GALAXY CORES

被引:169
作者
CRANE, P
STIAVELLI, M
KING, IR
DEHARVENG, JM
ALBRECHT, R
BARBIERI, C
BLADES, JC
BOKSENBERG, A
DISNEY, MJ
JAKOBSEN, P
KAMPERMAN, TM
MACHETTO, F
MACKAY, CD
PARESCE, F
WEIGELT, G
BAXTER, D
GREENFIELD, P
JEDRZEJEWSKI, R
NOTA, A
SPARKS, WB
机构
[1] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,DEPT ASTRON,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] CNRS,ASTRON SPATIALE LAB,F-13012 MARSEILLE,FRANCE
[3] OSSERV ASTRON PADOVA,I-35122 PADUA,ITALY
[4] SPACE TELESCOPE SCI INST,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[5] ROYAL GREENWICH OBSERV,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0EZ,ENGLAND
[6] UNIV WALES COLL CARDIFF,DEPT PHYS,CARDIFF CF1 3TH,WALES
[7] ESTEC,ESA,DEPT SPACE SCI,DIV ASTROPHYS,2210 AG NOORDWIJK,NETHERLANDS
[8] UTRECHT SPACE RES INST,SPACE RES LAB,3527 MS UTRECHT,NETHERLANDS
[9] INST ASTRON,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HA,ENGLAND
[10] MAX PLANCK INST RADIOASTRON,W-5300 BONN 1,GERMANY
[11] SPACE TELESCOPE SCI INST,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
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D O I
10.1086/116733
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Surface photometry data obtained with the Faint Object Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope in the cores of ten galaxies is presented. The major results are: (i) none of the galaxies show truly ''isothermal'' cores, (ii) galaxies with nuclear activity show very similar light profiles, (iii) all objects show central mass densities > 10(3) M . pc-3, (iv) four of the galaxies (M87, NGC 3862, NGC 4594, NGC 6251) show evidence for exceptional nuclear mass concentrations.
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页码:1371 / 1393
页数:23
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