The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the luminosity function of cluster galaxies

De Propris, Roberto; Colless, Matthew; Driver, Simon; Couch, Warrick; Peacock, John A; Baldry, Ivan K; Baugh, Carlton M; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry C; Cannon, Russell; Cole, Shaun; Collins, Chris; Cross, Nicholas J G; Dalton, Gavin; Efstathiou, George; Ellis, Richard S; Frenk, Carlos S; Glazebrook, Karl; Hawkins, Edward; Jackson, Carole; Lahav, Ofer; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart; Maddox, Steve J; Madgwick, Darren; Norberg, Peder; Percival, Will J; Peterson, Bruce; Sutherland, William J; Taylor, Keith

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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the luminosity function of cluster galaxies

Date

2003

Authors

De Propris, Roberto

Colless, Matthew

Driver, Simon

Couch, Warrick

Peacock, John A

Baldry, Ivan K

Baugh, Carlton M

Bland-Hawthorn, Joss

Bridges, Terry C

Cannon, Russell

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We have determined the composite luminosity function (LF) for galaxies in 60 clusters from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. The LF spans the range -22.5 < MbJ <-15, and is well fitted by a Schechter function with M*bJ = -20.07 ± 0.07 and α = -1.28 ± 0.0