# Intrinsic Shapes of Very Flat Elliptical Galaxies

Source: [Intrinsic Shapes of Very Flat Elliptical Galaxies](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa2f811e209131ce86ce3c>)

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Authors: D. K. Chakraborty, A. K. Diwakar, S. K. Pandey

Published: 2010-10-27T13:45:22.000Z

## Abstract

Photometric data from the literature is combined with triaxial mass models to derive variation in the intrinsic shapes of the light distribution of elliptical galaxies NGC 720, 2768 and 3605. The inferred shape variation in given by a Bayesian probability distribution, assuming a uniform prior. The likelihood of obtaining the data is calculated by using ensemble of triaxial models. We apply the method to infer the shape variation of a galaxy, using the ellipticities and the difference in the position angles at two suitably chosen points from the profiles of the photometric data. Best constrained shape parameters are found to be the short to long axial ratios at small and large radii, and the absolute values of the triaxiallity difference between these radii.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5685>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1010.5685.pdf>)