Estimates for the luminosity function of galaxies and its evolution

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-152

  Springel, Volker ^a   White, Simon D M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; Infrared: galaxies; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; LUMINANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SURVEYS;

GALAXIES: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; INFRARED GALAXIES; MASS FUNCTIONS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; NONPARAMETRICS; POWER; SELECTION FUNCTION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0002058686     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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