Shedding light on the galaxy luminosity function

Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Johnston, Russell ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology: Large scale structure of the Universe; Galaxies: Luminosity function, mass function; Methods: Statistical

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY: LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE; GALAXIES:LUMINOSITY FUNCTION , MASS FUNCTION; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; LUMINOSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK;

ESTIMATION; LUMINANCE; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84884719066     PISSN: 09354956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-011-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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