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The global star formation rate has decreased significantly since z ~ 1, for reasons that are not well understood. Red-sequence galaxies, dominating in galaxy clusters, represent the population that have had their star formation shut off,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Ting Lu , David G. Gilbank , Michael L. Balogh , Adam Bognat

We use very deep (R_lim=27) UGRI imaging to study the evolution of the faint end of the UV-selected galaxy luminosity function from z~4 to z~2. We find that the number of sub-L* galaxies increases from z~4 to z~3 while the number of bright…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 Marcin Sawicki , David Thomson

We examine the evolution of the galaxy luminosity function (LF) using a sample of over 2000 galaxies, with 0.12 < z < 0.55 and 17.0 < Rc < 21.5, drawn from the Canadian Network for Observational Cosmology Field Galaxy Redshift Survey…

Recent studies have demonstrated that many galaxy clusters have luminosity functions (LFs) which are steep at the faint end. However, it is equally clear that not all clusters have identical LFs. In this paper we explore whether the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Phillipps , J. B. Jones , R. M. Smith , W. J. Couch , S. P. Driver

We have carried out a study of the luminosity function (henceforth LF) of galaxies in the region of the HDF-North using our very complete redshift catalog. We solve for the LF at four rest frame wavelengths from 0.24 to 2.2mu. We find that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Judith G. Cohen

We report a new determination of the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function in the nearby clusters Virgo and Abell 2199 using data from SDSS and the Hectospec multifiber spectrograph on the MMT. The luminosity function of A2199 is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kenneth Rines , Margaret J. Geller

We derive deep $I$ band luminosity functions and colour-magnitude diagrams from HST imaging for eleven $0.2<z<0.6$ clusters observed at various stages of merging, and a comparison sample of five more relaxed clusters at similar redshifts.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 R. De Propris , S. Phillipps , M. Bremer

We determine the galaxy luminosity function of cluster galaxies in the nearby galaxy cluster Abell 2199 (A2199), focusing on the faint-end slope down to $M_r \sim -14.5$. To achieve this, we augment the existing dataset by adding redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Jong-In Park , Hyunmi Song , Ho Seong Hwang

We present the galaxy stellar mass function (MF) and its evolution in clusters from z~0.8 to the current epoch, based on the WIde-field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey (WINGS) (0.04<z<0.07), and the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS) (0.4<z…

We have measured the 3.6 micron cluster luminosity function (LF) using a sample of 123 galaxy clusters selected from the 4 degree^2 Spitzer First Look Survey (FLS). The clusters were selected on the basis of their R - 3.6 micron colors…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adam Muzzin , Gillian Wilson , Mark Lacy

We measure the redshift-dependent luminosity function and the comoving radial density of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 1 (SDSS DR1). Both measurements indicate that the apparent number density of bright galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jon Loveday

Aims. We aim to study the 250 micron luminosity function (LF) down to much fainter luminosities than achieved by previous efforts. Methods. We developed a modified stacking method to reconstruct the 250 micron LF using optically selected…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 L. Wang , P. Norberg , M. Bethermin , N. Bourne , A. Cooray , W. Cowley , L. Dunne , S. Dye , S. Eales , D. Farrah , C. Lacey , J. Loveday , S. Maddox , S. Oliver , M. Viero

We present a new technique to estimate the evolution of the very faint end of the UV luminosity function (LF) out to $z\sim5$. Measured star formation histories (SFHs) from the fossil record of Local Group galaxies are used to reconstruct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Daniel R. Weisz , Benjamin D. Johnson , Charlie Conroy

We study the luminosity function of galaxies in Hickson groups using our recent redshift survey of galaxies in and around 17 of these groups. We find that the galaxies in these regions have a luminosity function with M* = -19.5 + 5 log h,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen E. Zepf , Reinaldo R. de Carvalho , Andre L. B. Ribeiro

We used Early Release Science (ERS) observations taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the GOODS-S field to study the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) at 0.6<=z<4.5. Deep WFC3 near-IR data (for Y as faint as 27.3, J and H as faint…

We present the rest-frame J- and H-band luminosity function (LF) of field galaxies, based on a deep multi-wavelength composite sample from the MUSYC, FIRES and FIREWORKS survey public catalogues, covering a total area of 450 arcmin^2. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Mauro Stefanon , Danilo Marchesini

SHELS (Smithsonian Hectospec Lensing Survey) is a dense redshift survey covering a 4 square degree region to a limiting R = 20.6. In the construction of the galaxy catalog and in the acquisition of spectroscopic targets, we paid careful…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Margaret J. Geller , Antonaldo Diaferio , Michael J. Kurtz , Ian P. Dell'Antonio , Daniel G. Fabricant

We have measured the 3.6 micron luminosity evolution of about 1000 galaxies in 32 clusters at 0.2<z<1.25, without any a priori assumption about luminosity evolution, i.e. in a logically rigorous way. We find that the luminosity of our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Andreon

We investigate the evolution of the optical and near-infrared colour-magnitude relation in an homogeneous sample of massive clusters from z = 1 to the present epoch. By comparing deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS imaging of X-ray selected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-15 J. P. Stott , K. A. Pimbblet , A. C. Edge , G. P. Smith , J. L. Wardlow