On the deprojection of axisymmetric
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چکیده
Axisymmetric density distributions are constructed which are invisible when viewed from a range of inclination angles i. By adding such distributions to a model galaxy, it can be made either disky or boxy without in any way aaecting its projected image. As the inclination of a galaxy decreases from edge-on to face on, the range ofìnvisible' densities, the uncertainty in the deprojection, and the sensitivity of the deprojection to noise all increase. The relation between these phenomena is clariied by an analysis of Palmer's deprojection algorithm. These results imply that disk-to-bulge ratios are in principle ill-determined from photometry unless the disk is strong or the system is seen precisely edge-on. The uncertain role of third integrals in galaxies makes it unclear to what degree this inde-terminacy can be resolved by kinematic studies.
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