Published January 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

ENVIRONMENTAL DEPENDENCE OF ALL OF THE FIVE-BAND LUMINOSITIES FOR THE APPARENT-MAGNITUDE-LIMITED MAIN GALAXY SAMPLE OF THE SDSS DR7

Creators

  • 1. School of Science, Nanchang University, Jiangxi 330031 (China)

Description

In this study, I use the apparent-magnitude-limited Main galaxy sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 and investigate the environmental dependence of all of the five-band luminosities. To decrease the radial selection effect, I divide the whole sample into many subsamples with a redshift binning size of Δz = 0.01 and analyze the environmental dependence of all of the five-band luminosities of subsamples in each redshift bin. It turns out that luminous galaxies in Mu (the u-band absolute magnitude) exist preferentially in low-density regions of the universe, while faint galaxies in Mu are located preferentially in high-density regions, especially in the redshift range 0.05 ≤ z ≤ 0.10.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/143/1/15

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Journal Volume
143
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[12 p.]
ISSN
1538-3881

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43123199
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; DENSITY; GALAXIES; LUMINOSITY; RED SHIFT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS