Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...232..689b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 232, Sept. 15, 1979, p. 689-698.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
98
Astronomical Photometry, Galactic Clusters, Luminous Intensity, Galactic Structure, Star Distribution, Tables (Data), X Ray Sources
Scientific paper
The luminosity function (LF) of galaxy systems is determined, from single galaxies and small groups to rich clusters. The LF of rich (Abell) clusters is found to be a steeply decreasing function of cluster number density with cluster luminosity, and the groupings LF (that is, groups to rich clusters) can be well represented by a Schechter-type (1976) analytic form. The general LF of all galaxy systems is also found to be a smooth and steeply decreasing function of number density with luminosity, exhibiting an exponential cutoff in the rich-cluster luminosity domain, a power law dependence over most of the intermediate luminosity range, and a flattening of slope below the characteristic galactic luminosity. Comparisons of the LF with the LF of galaxies and X-ray clusters of galaxies are also discussed.
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