Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1989. 27: 235-277 Copyright © 1989 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved

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Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• CORES AND NUCLEI
• Summary of Core Properties
• Nuclei
• DYNAMICAL SUBSYSTEMS IN GALAXY CORES: EVIDENCE FOR MERGERS
• DUST IN ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
• Frequency of Occurrence of Dust
• Origin of Dust: Further Evidence for Galaxy Mergers
• Three-Dimensional Shapes of Ellipticals Containing Dust
• Dust and the Distinction Between E and SO Galaxies
• SHELLS AND RIPPLES
• SUMMARY: SECULAR EVOLUTION BY ACCRETION
• BRIGHTNESS PROFILES AND TIDAL EFFECTS
• Do Elliptical Galaxies Have r^1/4 -Law Brightness Profiles?
• Tidal Effects
• PARAMETER CORRELATIONS AND SCALING LAWS
• Families of Ellipsoidal Stellar Systems
• Correlations With Galaxy Luminosity
• Multiparameter Correlations: the "Fundamental Plane" of Elliptical Galaxies
• Uses and Interpretation of the Fundamental Plane
• ISOPHOTE SHAPES
• COLORS AND COLOR GRADIENTS
• cD AND BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

¹ Visiting Astronomer, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, operated by the National Research Council of Canada, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France, and the University of Hawaii.

² Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.