On the deprojection of axisymmetric bodies

Details On the deprojection of axisymmetric bodies On the deprojection of axisymmetric bodies

1995-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9508116v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, submitted to MNRAS. Uuencoded, gzip-compressed ps-file including 8 figures. Also available at http://www.astro.uni

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Axisymmetric density distributions are constructed which are invisible when viewed from a range of inclination angles $i$. By adding such distributions to a model galaxy, it can be made either disky or boxy without in any way affecting its projected image. As the inclination of a galaxy decreases from edge-on to face on, the range of `invisible' densities, the uncertainty in the deprojection, and the sensitivity of the deprojection to noise all increase. The relation between these phenomena is clarified by an analysis of Palmer's deprojection algorithm. These results imply that disk-to-bulge ratios are in principle ill-determined from photometry unless the disk is strong or the system is seen precisely edge-on. The uncertain role of third integrals in galaxies makes it unclear to what degree this indeterminacy can be resolved by kinematic studies.

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