The near-infrared luminosity function of galaxies in close major-merger pairs and the mass dependence of the merger rate

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 603, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages

  Xu, C K ^a   Sun, Y C ^b   He, X T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; Galaxies: starburst

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142763868     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383223     Document Type: Article

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