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Paper: |
K'-band Luminosity Function of the ESP Redshift Survey Galaxies |
Volume: |
176, Observational Cosmology: The Development of Galaxy Systems |
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276 |
Authors: |
Brunello, A.; Saracco, P.; Garilli, B.; Maccagni, D.; Chincarini, G.; Iovino, A. |
Abstract: |
We present the preliminary measurements of the K'-band luminosity function (LF) of field galaxies obtained from K'-band imaging of a galaxy sample randomly extracted from the ESP Redshift Survey (Vettolani et al. 1997). The K'-band LF agrees with those previously obtained by other authors and it is reasonably well fit by a Schechter function with flat faint end. The redshift distributions for the different morphological types of galaxies, obtained on the basis of their colors, are significantly different among them: irregulars dominate at very low redshift, ellipticals follow the high density peaks and spirals are nearly uniformly distributed over the redshift range 0 < z < 0.25. |
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