J-PLUS: Unveiling the brightest end of the Lyα luminosity function at 2.0 < z < 3.3 over 1000 deg2
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038756
Abstract: We present the photometric determination of the bright-end of the Lyα luminosity function (at LLyα & 10 43.5 erg s−1) within four redshifts windows (∆ z< 0.16) in the interval 2.2. z.3.3. Our work is… read more here.
Keywords: end; luminosity function; 1000 deg2; end luminosity ... See more keywords
The ultraviolet luminosity function of star-forming galaxies between redshifts of 0.6 and 1.2
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1638
Abstract: We use ultraviolet (UV) imaging taken with the XMM–Newton Optical Monitor telescope (XMM-OM), covering 280 arcmin2 in the UVW1 band (λeff = 2910 Å) to measure rest-frame UV 1500-Å luminosity functions of galaxies with redshifts z between 0.6… read more here.
Keywords: luminosity; galaxies redshifts; luminosity function; star forming ... See more keywords
Impact of the turnover in the high-z galaxy luminosity function on the 21-cm signal during Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2208
Abstract: The shape of the faint-end of the high-z galaxy luminosity function (LF) informs early star formation and reionization physics during the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization. Until recently, based on the strong gravitational lensing… read more here.
Keywords: reionization; galaxy luminosity; high galaxy; luminosity function ... See more keywords
The largest bright ULX population in a galaxy: X-ray variability and luminosity function in the Cartwheel ring galaxy
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad943
Abstract: We analyse all the available Chandra observations of the Cartwheel galaxy and its compact group, taken between 2001 and 2008, with the main aim of addressing the variability in the X-ray band for this spectacular… read more here.
Keywords: ray; variability; ring galaxy; cartwheel ... See more keywords
The global 21-cm signal in the context of the high- z galaxy luminosity function
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2412
Abstract: We build a new model for the global 21-cm signal that is calibrated to measurements of the high-z galaxy luminosity function (LF) and further tuned to match the Thomson scattering optical depth of the cosmic… read more here.
Keywords: global signal; galaxy luminosity; luminosity function; high galaxy ... See more keywords
The K-band luminosity functions of cluster galaxies
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2980
Abstract: We derive the galaxy luminosity function in the $K_s$ band for galaxies in 24 clusters to provide a local reference for higher redshift studies and to analyse how and if the luminosity function varies according… read more here.
Keywords: luminosity functions; band luminosity; luminosity; luminosity function ... See more keywords
Axions and the luminosity function of white dwarfs: the thin and thick discs, and the halo
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty1162
Abstract: The evolution of white dwarfs is a simple gravothermal process of cooling. Since the shape of their luminosity function is sensitive to the characteristic cooling time, it is possible to use its slope to test… read more here.
Keywords: luminosity function; luminosity; thin thick; white dwarfs ... See more keywords
Evolution of the AGN UV luminosity function from redshift 7.5
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1493
Abstract: Determinations of the ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function of active galactic nuclei (AGN) at high redshifts are important for constraining the AGN contribution to reionization and understanding the growth of supermassive black holes. Recent inferences of… read more here.
Keywords: luminosity; function redshift; agn luminosity; function ... See more keywords
The evolution of the UV luminosity function of globular clusters in the E-MOSAICS simulations
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1592
Abstract: We present the evolution of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) properties of the globular cluster (GC) populations and their host galaxies formed in the E-MOSAICS suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. We compute the luminosities of all… read more here.
Keywords: clusters mosaics; mosaics simulations; function globular; luminosity function ... See more keywords
The luminosity function of quasars by the Principle of Maximum Entropy
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz162
Abstract: We propose a different way to obtain the distribution of the luminosity function of quasars by using the Principle of Maximum Entropy. The input data comes from the SDSS-DR3 quasars counts, extending up to redshift… read more here.
Keywords: function quasars; maximum entropy; luminosity; luminosity function ... See more keywords
The HST large programme on NGC 6752 – III. Detection of the peak of the white dwarf luminosity function
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1968
Abstract: We report on the white dwarf (WD) cooling sequence of the old globular cluster NGC 6752, which is chemically complex and hosts a blue horizontal branch. This is one of the last globular cluster WD cooling… read more here.
Keywords: luminosity function; white dwarf; sequence; ngc 6752 ... See more keywords