The Sérsic profile (or Sérsic model or Sérsic's law) is a mathematical function that describes how the intensity I {\displaystyle I} of a galaxy varies...

structure of lenticular galaxies, has a steeper surface brightness profile (Sérsic index typically ranging from n = 1 to 4) than the disk component. Lenticular...

Elliptical galaxy Globular cluster Open cluster Point spread function Sérsic profile "Half-light Radius". Swinburne University. Retrieved 22 May 2013. Binney...

May 1974. The asteroid was named after Argentine astronomer José Luis Sérsic. Sérsic is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony...

elliptical galaxies. The light profiles of BCGs are often described by a Sersic surface brightness law, a double Sersic profile or a de Vaucouleurs law. The...

remains controversial. The luminosity profiles of both elliptical galaxies and bulges are well fit by Sersic's law, and a range of scaling relations between...

almost no star formation. The distribution of light is described by a Sersic profile. Classical bulges are thought to be the result of collisions of smaller...

same mathematical form as Sersic's law, which is used to describe the surface brightness (i.e. projected density) profile of galaxies, except that the...

Sersic profile, which bears his name. José Luis Sérsic first published his law in 1963. The asteroid 2691 Sersic is named in his honour. J. L. Sérsic...

Vaucouleurs model is a special case of Sersic's model, with a Sersic index of n = 4. A number of (internal) density profiles that approximately reproduce de...