Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-06-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 2 figures Accepted by ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/311531
An infrared survey of the central 650 arcmin$^2$ of the Coma cluster is used to determine the $H$ band luminosity function for the cluster. Redshifts are available for all galaxies in the survey with $H < 14.5$, and for this sample we obtain a good fit to a Schechter function with $H^*=11.13$ and $\alpha=-0.78$. These luminosity function parameters are similar to those measured for field galaxies in the infrared, which is surprising considering the very different environmental densities and, presumably, merger histories for field galaxies. For fainter galaxies, we use two independent techniques to correct for field galaxy contamination in the cluster population: the $B-R$ color-magnitude relation and an estimate for the level of background and foreground contamination from the literature. Using either method we find a steep upturn for galaxies with $14 < H < 16$, with slope $\alpha \simeq 1.7$.
de Propris Roberto
Dickinson Mark
Eisenhardt Peter R.
Stanford Adam
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