The high-mass end of the stellar mass function: Dependence on stellar population models and agreement between fits to the light profile

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 467, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 2217-2233

  Bernardi, M ^a   Meert, A ^a   Sheth, R K ^a,b   Fischer, J L ^a   Huertas Company, M ^c   Maraston, C ^d   Shankar, F ^e   Vikram, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: luminosity function; Galaxies: photometry; Mass function

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; STARS;

DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXIES: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY; LUMINOUS GALAXIES; MASS FUNCTIONS; POPULATION MODEL; STELLAR MASS; STELLAR POPULATIONS; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 85018253507     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx176     Document Type: Article

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