DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

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ASTRONOMY 386C
Properties of Galaxies
Spring 2002     Unique No. 45655 | TTH 12:30-2:00 | RLM 15.216B


2. LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS

  • Definitions
  • The Schechter function
  • Observations of the field-galaxy luminosity function
  • Cluster luminosity functions
  • Luminosity functions for different Hubble types
  • The mix of different Hubble types: morphology-density relation
  • Fraction of all light from bulge +E and disk components



 
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29 October 2001
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