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The General Galaxy Luminosity Function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

E. Martínez-González  and
J.L. Sanz
E. Martínez-González
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física Moderna, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005- Santander, Spain
J.L. Sanz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física Moderna, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005- Santander, Spain

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The general luminosity function of galaxies is believed to be well represented by the Schechter function with exponent α ≃ −1 and L* ≃ 1010L⊙, but with a wide range of variation from one sample to another. This function decreases exponentially at high luminosities and has a power law behaviour increasing towards low luminosities with no present evidence of turn over or cut-off.

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Appendix 1: Poster Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 130: Large Scale Structures of the Universe , 1988 , pp. 582
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988