A near infrared photometric plane for ellipticals and bulges of spirals

Details A near infrared photometric plane for ellipticals and bulges of spirals A near infrared photometric plane for ellipticals and bulges of spirals

2000-01-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001373v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, LaTeX including 5 figures. To appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/312547

We report the existence of a single plane in the space of global photometric parameters describing elliptical galaxies and the bulges of early type spiral galaxies. The three parameters which define the plane are obtained by fitting the Sersic form to the brightness distribution obtained from near-infrared K band images. We find, from the range covered by their shape parameters, that the elliptical galaxies form a more homogeneous population than the bulges. Known correlations like the Kormendy relation are projections of the photometric plane. The existence of the plane has interesting implications for bulge formation models.

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