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Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Galaxies at the faint end of the Ha luminosity function

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2011

Authors

Brough, Sarah
Hopkins, Andrew M.
Sharp, Robert
Gunawardhana, Madusha
Wijesinghe, D. B.
Robotham, Aaron
Driver, Simon P
Baldry, I. K.
Liske, Jochen
Tuffs, Richard J

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We present an analysis of the properties of the lowest Hα-luminosity galaxies (LHα≤ 4 × 1032 W; SFR < 0.02 M⊙yr-1, with SFR denoting the star formation rate) in the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. These galaxies make up the rise above a Schechter

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Keywords: Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/78601

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ANU Research Publications

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Journal article

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10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18210.x

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