The bright end of the luminosity function of red sequence galaxies

Yeong‐Shang Loh, Michael A. Strauss

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2006 · 60 citations · 105 references

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Abstract

The bright end of the galaxy luminosity function is still not completely characterized. While uncertainties about surface brightness completeness is an issue at the faint end (Dalcanton 1998), the limiting factor at the bright end is often small number statistics.

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