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We present the galaxy luminosity function (LF) of the Abell 119 cluster down to $M_r\sim-14$ mag based on deep images in the $u$-, $g$-, and $r$-bands taken by using MOSAIC II CCD mounted on the Blanco 4m telescope at the CTIO. The cluster…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-25 Youngdae Lee , Soo-Chang Rey , Michael Hilker , Yun-Kyeong Sheen , Sukyoung K. Yi

The determination of the galaxy luminosity function is an active and fundamental field in observational cosmology. In this paper we propose a cost effective way of measuring galaxy luminosity functions at faint magnitudes. Our technique…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. U. SubbaRao , A. J. Connolly , A. S. Szalay , D. C. Koo

The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function (UVLF) is a key observable for understanding galaxy formation from cosmic dawn. There has been considerable debate on whether Schechter-like LFs (characterized by an exponential drop-off at the bright…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-26 Keven Ren , Michele Trenti , Charlotte A. Mason

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey is the first to observe more than 100,000 redshifts, making possible precise measurements of many aspects of galaxy clustering. The spatial distribution of galaxies can be studied as a function of galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. A. Peacock

The morphological dependence of the luminosity function is studied using a sample containing approximately 1500 bright galaxies classified into Hubble types by visual inspections for a homogeneous sample obtained from the Sloan Digital Sky…

We use 80922 galaxies in the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey to measure the galaxy luminosity function (LF) in different environments over the redshift range 0.04<z<0.26. The depth and size of GAMA allows us to define samples split…

The widely varying dwarf galaxy counts in different environments provide a strong challenge to standard hierarchical clustering models. The luminosity function is not universal, but seems to be strongly dependent upon environment. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Sabatini , J. Davies , R. Scaramella , R. Smith , M. Baes , S. M. Linder , S. Roberts , V. Testa

We measure the rest-frame B-band luminosity function of red-sequence galaxies (RSLF) of five intermediate-redshift (0.5 < z < 0.9), high-mass (sigma > 950 km/s) clusters. Cluster galaxies are identified through photometric redshifts based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 S. M. Crawford , M. A Bershady , J. G. Hoessel

We use a sample of rest-frame UV selected and spectroscopically observed galaxies at redshifts 1.9<z<3.4, combined with ground-based spectroscopic H-alpha and Spitzer MIPS 24 micron data, to derive the most robust measurements of the…

From the first epoch observations of the VVDS up to z=1.5 we have derived luminosity functions (LF) of different spectral type galaxies. The VVDS data, covering ~70% of the life of the Universe, allow for the first time to study from the…

The galaxy Luminosity Function (LF) has been estimated in the rest frame B luminosity at 0<z<1.25 and at 1700 {\AA} for 2.5<z<4.5 from deep multicolor surveys in the HDF-N, HDF-S, NTT-DF. The results have been compared with a recent version…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 F. Poli , N. Menci , E. Giallongo , A. Fontana , S. Cristiani , S. D' Odorico

We present number counts, luminosity functions (LFs) and luminosity densities of galaxies obtained using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Sixth Data Release in all SDSS photometric bands. Thanks to the SDSS DR6, galaxy statistics have increased…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Francisco Prada

We present results on the rest-frame $H$-band luminosity functions (LF) of red sequence galaxies in seven clusters at 1.0 < z < 1.3 from the Gemini Observations of Galaxies in Rich Early Environments Survey (GOGREEN). Using deep GMOS-z' and…

In the standard picture of cosmology, the galaxies reside in dark matter (DM) halos. DM halos are distributed in the cosmic web in different environments. The luminosity of the galaxies in different environments can be used as a probe to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-05 Zeynab Ashurikisomi , Shant Baghram

We have computed the luminosity function for 389 field galaxies from the Canadian Network for Observational Cosmology cluster redshift survey (CNOC1), over redshifts z = 0.2-0.6. We find Schechter parameters M^* - 5 log h = -19.6 \pm 0.3…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 H. Lin , H. K. C. Yee , R. G. Carlberg , E. Ellingson

Standard models for deep galaxy counts are based on luminosity functions (LF) with relatively flat faint end ($\alpha\sim-1.0$). Galaxy counts in the B--band exceed the prediction of such models by a factor of 2 to more than 5, forcing the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 P. Saracco , G. Chincarini , A. Iovino

We present a detailed empirical assessment of how the galaxy luminosity function and stellar luminosity density evolves over the last half of the universe's age (0.2<z<1.2) for galaxies of different spectral energy distributions (SED). The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Wolf , K. Meisenheimer , H. -W. Rix , A. Borch , S. Dye , M. Kleinheinrich

We present the NIR luminosity (LF) and stellar mass functions (SMF) of galaxies in the core of the Shapley supercluster at z=0.048, based on new K-band observations in conjunction with B- and R-band photometry and a subsample of ~650…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 P. Merluzzi , A. Mercurio , C. P. Haines , R. J. Smith , G. Busarello , J. R. Lucey

From a rediscussion of Local Group membership, and of distances to individual galaxies, we obtain $M_V$ values for 35 probable and possible Local Group members. The luminosity function of these objects is well fitted by a Schechter function…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. J. Pritchet , S. van den Bergh