The ultraviolet galaxy luminosity function in the local universe from galex data

Ted K. Wyder; Marie A. Treyer; Bruno Milliard; David Schiminovich; Stéphane Arnouts; Tamás Budavári; Tom A. Barlow; Luciana Bianchi; Yong Ik Byun; José Donas; Karl Forster; Peter G. Friedman; Timothy M. Heckman; Patrick N. Jelinsky; Young Wook Lee; Barry F. Madore; Roger F. Malina; D. Christopher Martin; Patrick Morrissey; Susan G. Neff; R. Michael Rich; Oswald H.W. Siegmund; Todd Small; Alex S. Szalay; Barry Y. Welsh

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The ultraviolet galaxy luminosity function in the local universe from galex data

Ted K. Wyder, Marie A. Treyer, Bruno Milliard, David Schiminovich, Stéphane Arnouts, Tamás Budavári, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong Ik Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. NeffR. Michael Rich, Oswald H.W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh

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We present the results of a determination of the galaxy luminosity function at ultraviolet wavelengths at redshifts of z = 0.0-0.1 from Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) data. We determined the luminosity function in the GALEX far-UV and near-UV bands from a sample of galaxies with UV magnitudes between 17 and 20 that are drawn from a total of 56.73 deg² of GALEX fields overlapping the b_J-selected Two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey. The resulting luminosity functions are fainter than previous UV estimates and result in total UV luminosity densities of 10 ^25.55±0.12 and 10^25.72±0.12 ergs s ^-1 Hz^-1 Mpc^-3 at 1530 and 2310 Å, respectively. This corresponds to a local star formation rate density in agreement with previous estimates made with Hα-selected data for reasonable assumptions about the UV extinction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L15-L18
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	619
Issue number	1 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/424735
Publication status	Published - 2005 Jan 20

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Wyder, T. K., Treyer, M. A., Milliard, B., Schiminovich, D., Arnouts, S., Budavári, T., Barlow, T. A., Bianchi, L., Byun, Y. I., Donas, J., Forster, K., Friedman, P. G., Heckman, T. M., Jelinsky, P. N., Lee, Y. W., Madore, B. F., Malina, R. F., Martin, D. C., Morrissey, P., ... Welsh, B. Y. (2005). The ultraviolet galaxy luminosity function in the local universe from galex data. Astrophysical Journal, 619(1 II), L15-L18. https://doi.org/10.1086/424735

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