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B2 0902+34: A Collapsing Protogiant Elliptical Galaxy at z = 3.4

  • Authors: Joshua J. Adams, Gary J. Hill, and Phillip J. MacQueen

ADAMS, HILL, & MACQUEEN 2009 The Astrophysical Journal 694 314.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 7.

Observed and simulated surface brightness profiles. All models have been scaled in intensity by least squares to the data. The optically thin integrals through NFW halos fail, though the resonant scattering model reproduces the observed, shallower profile.

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