Environmental Dependencies in the Luminosity Function of Galaxies
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The evidence is becoming strong that the luminosity function of galaxies varies with environment. Higher density, more dynamically evolved regions appear to have more dwarfs per giant. The situation is becoming clearer as a result of wide field imaging surveys with the Canada-France-Hawaii and Subaru telescopes and spectroscopy of faint dwarfs with the Keck telescope. We report here on extensive observations of the small but dense NGC 5846 Group. The faint end of the luminosity function rises relatively steeply in this case.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0505047,
title = {Environmental Dependencies in the Luminosity Function of Galaxies},
author = {R. Brent Tully},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0505047},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Proceedings IAU Colloq. 198 "Near-Field Cosmology with Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies" 6 pages, 4 figures