Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-09-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Nine pages and two figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/312379
From the Hubble Deep Field catalog presented in Driver et al. (1998) we derive the local (0.3 < z < 0.5) Bivariate Brightness Distribution (BBD) of field galaxies within a 326 Mpc**3 Volume-Limited sample. The sample contains 47 galaxies which uniformally sample the underlying galaxy population within the specified redshift, magnitude and surface brightness limits (0.3 < z < 0.5, -21.3 < M_{B} < -13.7 mags, 18.0 < mu_{B} < 24.55 mags/sq arcsec). We conclude: (i) A luminosity-surface brightness relation exists for both the field and cluster galaxy populations, M_{B} ~ 1.5 mu_{e} - 50, (ii) Luminous low surface brightness galaxies account for <10% of the L* population, (iii) Low luminosity low surface brightness galaxies outnumber Hubble types by a factor of ~ 1.4, however their space density is NOT sufficient to explain the faint blue excess either by themselves or as faded remnants. In terms of the local luminosity density and galaxy dynamical mass budget, normal galaxies (i.e. Hubble tuning fork) contribute 88% and 72% respectively. This compares to 7% and 12% for dim galaxies and 5% and 16% for dwarf galaxies (within the above specified limits).
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