Luminous early-type field galaxies at z ∼ 0.4 - II. Star formation history and space density

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 337, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 953-966

  Willis, J P ^a,e   Hewett, P C ^b   Warren, S J ^c   Lewis, G F ^d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINANCE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STARS;

EARLY TYPES; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXIES: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GALAXY: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; MASS FUNCTIONS; RED SHIFT; SPACE DENSITIES; STARS FORMATION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0043094323     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05970.x     Document Type: Article

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