The luminosity function of field galaxies and its evolution since z=1

Citation
Jw. Fried et al., The luminosity function of field galaxies and its evolution since z=1, ASTRON ASTR, 367(3), 2001, pp. 788-800
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
367
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
788 - 800
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(200103)367:3<788:TLFOFG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We present the B-band luminosity function and comoving space and luminosity densities for a sample of 2779 I-band selected field galaxies based oil mu lti-color data from tile CADIS survey. The sample is complete down to I-185 = 22 without correction and with completeness correction extends to I-815 = 23.0. By means of a new multi-color analysis the objects are classified a ccording to their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and their redshifts are determined with typical errors of deltaz less than or equal to 0.03. We have split our sample into four redshift bins between z = 0.1 and z = 1.03 and into three SED bins E-Sa, Sa-Sc and starbursting (emission line) galax ies. The evolution of the luminosity function is clearly differential with SED. The normalization phi* of the luminosity function for the E-Sa galaxie s decreases towards higher redshift, and we find evidence that the comoving galaxy space density decreases with redshift as well. In contrast, we find phi* and the comoving space density increasing with redshift fur the Sa-Se galaxies. For the starburst galaxies we find a steeping of the luminosity function at the faint end and their comoving space density increases with r edshift.