A concise reference to (projected) Sersic R-1/n quantities, including concentration, profile slopes, petrosian indices, and Kron magnitudes

Graham, Alister; Driver, Simon

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A concise reference to (projected) Sersic R-1/n quantities, including concentration, profile slopes, petrosian indices, and Kron magnitudes

Date

2005

Authors

Graham, Alister

Driver, Simon

Publisher

CSLI Publications

Abstract

Given the growing use of Sérsic's (1963, 1968) R1/n model for describing the stellar distributions in galaxies, and the lack of any single reference that provides the various associated mathematical expressions, we have endeavoured to compile such a reso