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Table 3

Properties of the nuclei.

nucleus v max σ n ϵ r eff r kin L K M dyn Mdyn/LK
[km s-1] [km s-1] [pc] [pc] [L] [L] [L/M]

North 205 200 2.8 0.3 490 265 1.1 × 109 2.5 × 109 5.0
South 300 220 2.8 0.35 180 290 5.9 × 109 1.3 × 1010 1.9

References. vmax is the peak measured stellar velocity, σ is the average/typical stellar dispersion (Sect. 2.1.4); n and reff are the Sérsic index and effective radius of the light profile (Sect. 7), ϵ is the ellipticity (Sect. 5), rkin is the extent to which rotation is seen, LK the total K-band luminosity (Sect. 4), and Mdyn the dynamical mass as derived from the Jeans modelling (Sect. 7).

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