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Luminosity Function Of Galaxies

The "Luminosity Function of Galaxies" is a statistical model in astrophysics that describes the number density of galaxies per unit luminosity interval, distinguishing it from other galaxy distribution models by quantifying how galaxy populations vary with intrinsic brightness in a given volume of space.

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Galaxy Luminosity FunctionGlf

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An analytic expression for the luminosity function for galaxies.

Paul L. Schechter · The Astrophysical Journal · 1976 · 2.9K citations

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Populating a cluster of galaxies - I. Results at \fontshape{it}{z}=0

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2001 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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The Optical and Near‐Infrared Properties of Galaxies. I. Luminosity and Stellar Mass Functions

Eric F. Bell, Daniel H. McIntosh, Neal Katz et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2003 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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A Unified, Merger‐driven Model of the Origin of Starbursts, Quasars, the Cosmic X‐Ray Background, Supermassive Black Holes, and Galaxy Spheroids

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2006 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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A Search for “Dwarf'' Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1997 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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    Carlos S. Frenk

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    33 publications · 7.2K citations

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  2. SP
    Simon P. Driver

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    35 publications · 5.6K citations

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  3. GZ
    G. Zamorani

    University of Bologna, Italy

    32 publications · 2.6K citations

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  4. CM
    C. M. Baugh

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    29 publications · 6K citations

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  5. RS
    Richard S. Ellis

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    24 publications · 5.8K citations

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    79 h-index

    355 publications

    53.5K citations

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    66 h-index

    300 publications

    51.6K citations

  3. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    65 h-index

    285 publications

    42K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    63 h-index

    249 publications

    37.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    62 h-index

    414 publications

    38.9K citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    62 h-index

    198 publications

    29K citations

  7. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    59 h-index

    157 publications

    14.8K citations

  8. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    56 h-index

    213 publications

    23.8K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 734 publications · 78K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    514 publications · 48.1K citations

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 178 publications · 20.1K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    146 publications · 9.3K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    44 publications · 8.2K citations

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