The Current Mass Function of Galaxies

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #112.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We make use of recent photometric and kinematic surveys of nearby galaxies to construct the current mass function of galaxies. Models of hierarchical merging predict that the mass function of galaxies will evolve over time and with environment. We compute the mass within the radius containing 80% of the optical light and construct mass functions for both elliptical and spiral galaxies. We suggest that this function can be used to quantify the mass evolution of these systems and discuss its relevance to high-redshift galaxy surveys and numerical simulations.

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