The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

R. Blanton, Michael; J. Dalcanton, Julianne; J. Eisenstein, Daniel; Loveday, J.; A. Strauss, Michael; SubbaRao, Mark; H. Weinberg, David; E. Anderson, John; Annis, James; A. Bahcall, Neta; Bernardi, Mariangela; Brinkmann, J.; Brunner, Róbert; Burles, Scott; Carey, Larry; J. Castander, F.; J. Connolly, Andrew; Csabai, István; Doi, Mamoru; P. Finkbeiner, Douglas; D. Friedman, S.; A. Frieman, Joshua; Fukugita, M.; E. Gunn, James; S. Hennessy, G.; B. Hindsley, Robert; W. Hogg, David; Ichikawa, Takashi; Ivezić, Željko; Kent, S.; R. Knapp, G.; Q. Lamb, D.; French Leger, R.; C. Long, Daniel; H. Lupton, Robert; A. McKay, Timothy; Meiksin, Avery; Merelli, Aronne; A. Munn, Jeffrey; K. Narayanan, Vijay; Newcomb, Matt; C. Nichol, Robert; Okamura, Sadanori; Owen, Russell; R. Pier, Jeffrey; Pope, Adrian; Postman, Marc; Quinn, Thomas; M. Rockosi, Constance; J. Schlegel, David; P. Schneider, Donald; Shimasaku, Kazuhiro; A. Siegmund, Walter; A. Smee, Stephen; Snir, Yehuda; Stoughton, Chris; W. Stubbs, C.; S. Szalay, Alexander; Szokoly, G.; R. Thakar, Aniruddha; Tremonti, Christy; L. Tucker, D.; Uomoto, Alan; Vanden Berk, Dan; S. Vogeley, Michael; Waddell, Patrick; Yanny, B.; Yasuda, Naoki; G. York, Donald

doi:10.1086/320405

Public

The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

Published in The Astronomical Journal • May 1, 2001

Authors:

Michael R. Blanton

Julianne J. Dalcanton

Daniel J. Eisenstein

Abstract

During commissioning observations, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has produced one of the largest existing galaxy redshift samples selected from CCD images. Using 11,275 galaxies complete to r^* = 17.6 over 140 square degrees, we compute the luminosity function of galaxies in the r^* band over ...

Subject

Physics

Astrophysics

Surface brightness

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!