The z ~ 1.2 Galaxy Luminosity Function from The LCIR Survey
Abstract
We present results from the Las Campanas Infrared Survey, designed to identify a statistically significant sample of z>=1 galaxies using photometric redshift techniques. Here we summarize the design and strategies of the survey and present the first estimate of the galaxy luminosity function at z>=1 based on H-band selected galaxies identified in our survey. Results of number count studies and luminosity function measurements indicate that most early-type galaxies were already in place by z~1.2 with a modest space density evolution and a mild luminosity evolution over that expected from passive evolution.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0110120,
title = {The z ~ 1.2 Galaxy Luminosity Function from The LCIR Survey},
author = {H. -W. Chen and P. J. McCarthy and R. O. Marzke and R. G. Carlberg and A. E. Firth and S. E. Persson and R. G. McMahon and O. Lahav and P. Martini and R. S. Ellis and R. G. Abraham and A. Oemler and R. S. Somerville},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0110120},
year = {2007}
}
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5 pages, 6 figures, using mrs2001.sty; to appear in the Proceedings of the Marseille 2001 Conference: Where's the matter? Tracing dark and and bright matter with the new generation of large scale surveys, Treyer & Tresse, eds