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Variations in the Bivariate Brightness Distribution with different galaxy types

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present Bivariate Brightness Distributions (BBDs) for four spectral types discriminated by the 2dFGRS. We discuss the photometry and completeness of the 2dFGRS using a deep, wide-field CCD imaging survey. We find that there is a strong luminosity-surface brightness correlation amongst galaxies with medium to strong emission features, with gradient βμ=0.25±0.05\beta_{\mu}=0.25\pm0.05 and width σμ=0.56±0.01\sigma_{\mu}=0.56\pm0.01. Strong absorption line galaxies, show a bimodal distribution, with no correlation between luminosity and surface brightness.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0202131,
  title  = {Variations in the Bivariate Brightness Distribution with different galaxy types},
  author = {Nicholas Cross and Simon Driver and David Lemon and Jochen Liske},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0202131},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, In the "New Era in Cosmology" conference, Durham, Sept 2001, ASP conference series

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