On Lynden-Bell's method for the determination of the luminosity function

Details On Lynden-Bell's method for the determination of the luminosity function On Lynden-Bell's method for the determination of the luminosity function

May 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987mnras.226..273c&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 226, May 15, 1987, p. 273-280.

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Computation

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Computational Astrophysics, Galaxies, Luminosity, Functions (Mathematics), Maximum Likelihood Estimates

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A simple argument leading to Lynden-Bell's (1971) C method for the determination of the luminosity function from a magnitude-limited sample is proposed. The argument is shown to lead to an extended version of the C method after elementary one-step computations. Furthermore, while the original C method gives only its shape, the present method leads to a properly normalized luminosity function.

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