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Luminosity function for galaxy clusters

Joanna PopielaWlodzimierz GodlowskiPiotr FlinKatarzyna BajanM. BiernackaElena Panko

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PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsAstrophysicsGalaxy mergerLuminosityBarred spiral galaxyGalaxy groups and clustersSpace and Planetary ScienceGalaxy groupInteracting galaxyLenticular galaxyAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsLuminosity function (astronomy)

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AbstractWe constructed and studied the luminosity function of 6188 galaxy clusters. This was performed by counting brightness of galaxies belonging to clusters in the PF catalogue, taking galaxy data from MRSS. Our result shows that the investigated structures are characterized by a luminosity function different from that of optical galaxies and radiogalaxies (Machalski & Godłowski 2000). The implications of this result for theories of galaxy formation are briefly discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921316010450