The Intrinsic Flattening of Galaxy Disks
Highly inclined (edge-on) disk galaxies offer the unique perspective to constrain their intrinsic flattening, c/a, where c and a are, respectively, the vertical and long radial axes of the disk measured at suitable stellar densities. The ratio c/a is a necessary quantity in the assessment of galaxy inclinations, three-dimensional structural
Favaro, Jeremy et al.
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2025