Abstract
We present near-infrared K-band imaging of a large sample of candidate merger remnant galaxies and Hickson Compact Group ellipticals. We derive light profile indices, effective radii and surface brightnesses, as well as total K-band magnitudes. We find that the light distributions of the merger remnant candidates are consistent with those of ‘normal’ ellipticals, and scatter around a mean profile index of (1/n) = 0.20. Many of our sample galaxies have surface brightness profiles that are not well described by a de Vaucouleurs law (1/n = 0.25), and we discuss the implications of this on the derived total magnitudes. Comparing the total K magnitudes calculated by extrapolating a de Vaucouleurs profile and those derived using a generalized S´
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