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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

We analyze systematic effects in the determination of the galaxy luminosity function in clusters using a deep mock catalogue constructed from a numerical simulation of a hierarchical universe. The results indicate a strong tendency to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Carlos A. Valotto , Ben Moore , Diego G. Lambas

To derive a new H$\alpha$ luminosity function and to understand the clustering properties of star-forming galaxies at $z \approx 0.24$, we have made a narrow-band imaging survey for H$\alpha$ emitting galaxies in the HST COSMOS 2 square…

From a total sample of 45 Abell clusters observed by the Einstein X-ray observatory, we present the results on the galaxy luminosity function (LF) for a group of seven clusters that were identified by the morphology of their LFs. The LFs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Omar Lopez-Cruz , H. K. C. Yee , James P. Brown , Christine Jones , William Forman

The luminosity functions of E/S0 galaxies are constructed in 3 different redshift bins (0.2 < z < 0.55, 0.55 < z < 0.8, 0.8 < z < 1.2), using the data from the Hubble Space Telescope Medium Deep Survey (HST MDS) and other HST surveys. These…

We use the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey to measure the dependence of the bJ-band galaxy luminosity function on large-scale environment, defined by density contrast in spheres of radius 8h-1Mpc, and on spectral type, determined from principal…

Most gravitational lens galaxies are early-type galaxies in relatively low density environments. We show that they lie on the same fundamental plane as early-type galaxies in both local and distant rich clusters. Their surface brightness…

We have re-examined the nature of the cluster galaxy luminosity function using the data from the Edinburgh-Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue and the Edinburgh-Milano Redshift Survey. We derive a best fit luminosity function over the range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. L. Lumsden , C. A. Collins , R. C. Nichol , V. R. Eke , L. Guzzo

We determine the optical luminosity function of virialized systems over the full range of density enhancements, from single galaxies to clusters of galaxies. The analysis is based on galaxy systems identified from the Nearby Optical Galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Christian Marinoni , Michael J. Hudson , Giuliano Giuricin

We present UV luminosity functions (LFs) at 1500 Angstrom derived from the HST Early Release Science WFC3/UVIS data acquired over ~50 arcmin^2 of the GOODS-South field. The LFs are determined over the entire redshift range z=0.75-2.5 using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-01 P. A. Oesch , R. J. Bouwens , C. M. Carollo , G. D. Illingworth , D. Magee , M. Trenti , M. Stiavelli , M. Franx , I. Labbe , P. G. van Dokkum

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 luminosity function evolves with time and that this evolution is differential…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marcin Sawicki , David Thompson

Through use of multiband (U, B, R, I) photometry we have isolated high redshift (3.0<z<3.5) galaxy candidates in a survey of 1.27 deg^2 to R = 21.25 and a survey of 0.02 deg^2 to R = 23.5. Our pool of candidates constrains the nature of the…

We analyze the fundamental plane projections of elliptical galaxies as a function of luminosity, using a sample of approximately 80,000 galaxies drawn from Data Release 4 (DR4) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We separate brightest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Louis-Benoit Desroches , Eliot Quataert , Chung-Pei Ma , Andrew A. West

We measure and study the evolution of the UV galaxy Luminosity Function (LF) at z=3-5 from the largest high-redshift survey to date, the Deep part of the CFHT Legacy Survey. We also give accurate estimates of the SFR density at these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Remco F. J. van der Burg , Hendrik Hildebrandt , Thomas Erben

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

Differential 2.2um (K-band) luminosity functions are presented for a complete sample of 1570 nearby Vgsr < 3000 km/s, where Vgsr is the velocity measured with respect to the Galactic standard of rest), bright (K < 10 mag), galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-05 Nick Devereux , Paul Hriljac , S. P. Willner , M. L. N. Ashby , C. N. A. Willmer

The astronomy community has at its disposal a large back catalog of public spectroscopic galaxy redshift surveys that can be used for the measurement of luminosity functions. Utilizing the back catalog with new photometric surveys to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 S. E. Lake , E. L. Wright , C. -W. Tsai , A. Lam

The WISE satellite surveyed the entire sky multiple times in four infrared wavelengths (3.4, 4.6, 12, and $22\,\mu$m; Wright et al. 2010). The unprecedented combination of coverage area and depth gives us the opportunity to measure the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 S. E. Lake , E. L. Wright , R. J. Assef , T. H. Jarrett , S. Petty , S. A. Stanford , D. Stern , C. -W. Tsai

We construct rest-frame luminosity functions at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8 and 24 microns over the redshift range 0<z<2 for galaxies and 0<z<4 for optical QSOs, using optical and infrared data from the Spitzer Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic survey.…