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We apply a simple statistical method (Derenzo & Hildebrand 1969) to estimating the completeness of quasar surveys. It requires that an area has been covered by two or more, preferably different, selection techniques. We use three suitable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Matthew J. Graham , Roger G. Clowes , Luis E. Campusano

In this paper we derive the galaxy luminosity function from the Nearby Optical Galaxy (NOG) sample, which is a nearly complete, magnitude-limited (B<14 mag), all-sky sample of nearby optical galaxies (~6400 galaxies with cz<5500 km/s). For…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Marinoni , P. Monaco , G. Giuricin , B. Costantini

We study the galaxy cosmological mass function (GCMF) in a semi-empirical relativistic approach using observational data provided by galaxy redshift surveys. Starting from the theory of Ribeiro & Stoeger (2003, arXiv:astro-ph/0304094)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-12-04 Amanda R. Lopes , Alvaro Iribarrem , Marcelo B. Ribeiro , William R. Stoeger

We present rest-frame UV \textit{Hubble Space Telescope} imaging of the largest and most complete sample of 23 long duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies between redshifts 4 and 6. Of these 23, we present new WFC3/F110W imaging for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-29 Huei Sears , Ryan Chornock , Jay Strader , Daniel A. Perley , Peter K. Blanchard , Raffaella Margutti , Nial R. Tanvir

Aims. We use the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey to derive the luminosity function (LF) of the first-ranked (brightest) group/cluster galaxies, the LF of second-ranked, satellite and isolated galaxies, and the LF of groups of galaxies. Methods.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Elmo Tempel , Jaan Einasto , Maret Einasto , Enn Saar , Erik Tago

We aim at developing a robust methodology for constraining the luminosity and stellar mass functions (LMFs) of galaxies by solely using data from multi-filter surveys and testing the potential of these techniques for determining the…

We calculate the optical bj luminosity function of the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) for different subsets defined by their spectral properties. These spectrally selected subsets are defined using a new parameter, eta, which is a…

With the Hubble Frontier Fields program, gravitational lensing has provided a powerful way to extend the study of the ultraviolet luminosity function (LF) of galaxies at $z \sim 6$ down to unprecedented magnitude limits. At the same time,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-25 Hakim Atek , Johan Richard , Jean-Paul Kneib , Daniel Schaerer

Characterizing the evolution of the faint end of the cluster red sequence (RS) galaxy luminosity function (GLF) with redshift is a milestone in understanding galaxy evolution. However, the community is still divided in that respect,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-16 Nicolas Martinet , Florence Durret , Christophe Adami , Gregory Rudnick

We produce and analyse u-band luminosity functions for the red and blue populations of galaxies using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) u-band Galaxy Survey (uGS) and Deep Evolutionary Exploratory Probe 2 (DEEP2) survey. From a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Matthew Prescott , Ivan K. Baldry , Phil A. James

We study the relationships between galaxy total luminosity (M_g), morphology, color and environment as a function of redshift. We use a magnitude-limited sample of 65,624 galaxies in the redshift range 0<z<1.3 taken from one of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 Martijn Nuijten , Luc simard , Stephen Gwyn , Huub Röttgering

We present the results of a study of a large sample of luminous (z'{AB}<26) Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) in the redshift interval 4.7<z<6.3, selected from a contiguous 0.63 square degree area covered by the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. J. McLure , M. Cirasuolo , J. S. Dunlop , S. Foucaud , O. Almaini

The future space missions Euclid and WFIRST-AFTA will use the Halpha emission line to measure the redshifts of tens of millions of galaxies. The Halpha luminosity function at z>0.7 is one of the major sources of uncertainty in forecasting…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-04 L. Pozzetti , C. M. Hirata , J. E. Geach , A. Cimatti , C. Baugh , O. Cucciati , A. Merson , P. Norberg , D. Shi

Lyman-Break Galaxy (LBG) samples observed during reionization ($z\gtrsim6$) with Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 are reaching sizes sufficient to characterize their clustering properties. Using a combined catalog from the…

We use deep Chandra imaging to measure the distribution of X-ray luminosities (L_X) for samples of star-forming galaxies as a function of stellar mass and redshift, using a Bayesian method to push below the nominal X-ray detection limits.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-25 J. Aird , A. L. Coil , A. Georgakakis

We use deep Swift UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) near-ultraviolet (1600A to 4000A) imaging of the Chandra Deep Field South to measure the rest-frame far-UV (FUV; 1500A) luminosity function (LF) in four redshift bins between z=0.2 and 1.2. Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 Lea M. Z. Hagen , Erik A. Hoversten , Caryl Gronwall , Christopher Wolf , Michael H. Siegel , Mathew Page , Alex Hagen

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey is a major new initiative to map a representative volume of the universe. The survey makes use of the 2dF multi-fibre spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian Telescope to measure redshifts for over 250,000…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Matthew Colless

We present a new method based on information theory to find the optimal number of bands required to measure the physical properties of galaxies with a desired accuracy. As a proof of concept, using the recently updated COSMOS catalog…

We analyse the B-R_c colors of galaxies as functions of luminosity and local galaxy density using a large photometric redshift catalog based on the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey. We select two samples of galaxies with a magnitude limit of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 H. K. C. Yee , B. C. Hsieh , Huan Lin , M. D. Gladders

Given a redshift survey of galaxies with measurements of apparent magnitudes, we present a novel method for measuring the growth rate $f(\Omega)$ of cosmological linear perturbations. We use the galaxy distribution within the survey to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Adi Nusser , Enzo Branchini , Marc Davis