805 research outputs found
Nearby Galaxies in the 2micron All Sky Survey I. K-band Luminosity Functions
Differential K-band luminosity functions (LFs) are presented for a complete
sample of 1613 nearby bright galaxies segregated by visible morphology. The LF
for late-type spirals follows a power law that rises towards low luminosities
whereas the LFs for ellipticals, lenticulars and bulge-dominated spirals are
peaked and decline toward both higher and lower luminosities. Each
morphological type (E, S0, S0/a-Sab, Sb-Sbc, Sc-Scd) contributes approximately
equally to the overall K-band luminosity density of galaxies in the local
universe. Type averaged bulge/disk ratios are used to subtract the disk
component leading to the prediction that the K-band LF for bulges is bimodal
with ellipticals dominating the high luminosity peak, comprising 60% of the
bulge luminosity density in the local universe with the remaining 40%
contributed by lenticulars and the bulges of spirals. Overall, bulges
contribute 30% of the galaxy luminosity density at K in the local universe with
spiral disks making up the remainder. If bulge luminosities indicate central
black hole masses, then our results predict that the black hole mass function
is also bimodal.Comment: 49 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical
Journal 5/22/0
Study od a Slice at +9 to +15 degrees of Declination: I. The Neutral Hydrogen Content of Galaxies in Loose Groups
We examine the H1 content of spiral galaxies in groups by using a catalog of
loose groups of galaxies identified in a magnitude limited sample m < 15.7
spanning the range 8 h to 18 h in right ascension and +9 to +15 in declination.
The redshift completeness of the galaxy sample is ~95%. No significant effect
of H1 depletion is found, although there may be a hint that the earliest type
spirals are slightly deficient.Comment: 10 pages, Latex, 3 tables, 5 figures, to appear in the Astronomical
Journa
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies. IV. Dipoles of the Velocity Field
We use the recently completed redshift-distance survey of nearby early-type
galaxies (ENEAR) to measure the dipole component of the peculiar velocity field
to a depth of cz ~ 6000 km/s. The sample consists of 1145 galaxies brighter
than m_B=14.5 and cz < 7000 km/s, uniformly distributed over the whole sky, and
129 fainter cluster galaxies within the same volume. Most of the Dn-sigma
distances were obtained from new spectroscopic and photometric observations
conducted by this project, ensuring the homogeneity of the data over the whole
sky. These 1274 galaxies are objectively assigned to 696 objects -- 282
groups/clusters and 414 isolated galaxies. We find that within a volume of
radius ~ 6000 km/s, the best-fitting bulk flow has an amplitude of |vbulk| =220
+/- 42 km/s in the CMB restframe, pointing towards l=304 +/- 16 degrees, b=25
+/- 11 degrees. The error in the amplitude includes statistical, sampling and
possible systematic errors. This solution is in excellent agreement with that
obtained by the SFI Tully-Fisher survey. Our results suggest that most of the
motion of the Local Group is due to fluctuations within 6000 km/s, in contrast
to recent claims of large amplitude bulk motions on larger scales.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, ApJL, accepted (updated results; matches
accepted version
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Spectroscopic Data
We present central velocity dispersions and Mg2 line indices for an all-sky sample of ~1178 elliptical and S0 galaxies, of which 984 had no previous measures. This sample contains the largest set of homogeneous spectroscopic data for a uniform sample of elliptical galaxies in the nearby universe. These galaxies were observed as part of the ENEAR project, designed to study the peculiar motions and internal properties of the local early-type galaxies. Using 523 repeated observations of 317 galaxies obtained during different runs, the data are brought to a common zero point. These multiple observations, taken during the many runs and different instrumental setups employed for this project, are used to derive statistical corrections to the data and are found to be relatively small, typically 5% of the velocity dispersion and 0.01 mag in the Mg2 line strength. Typical errors are about 8% in velocity dispersion and 0.01 mag in Mg2, in good agreement with values published elsewhere
AEGIS: The color-magnitude relation for X-ray selected AGN
We discuss the relationship between rest-frame color and optical luminosity
for X-ray sources in the range 0.6<z<1.4 selected from the Chandra survey of
the Extended Groth Strip (EGS). These objects are almost exclusively active
galactic nuclei (AGN). While there are a few luminous QSOs, most are relatively
weak or obscured AGN whose optical colors should be dominated by host galaxy
light. The vast majority of AGN hosts at z~1 are luminous and red, with very
few objects fainter than M_{B}=-20.5 or bluer than U-B=0.6. This places the AGN
in a distinct region of color-magnitude space, on the ``red sequence'' or at
the top of the ``blue cloud'', with many in between these two modes in galaxy
color. A key stage in the evolution of massive galaxies is when star formation
is quenched, resulting in a migration from the blue cloud to the red sequence.
Our results are consistent with scenarios in which AGN either cause or maintain
this quenching. The large numbers of red sequence AGN imply that strong,
ongoing star formation is not a necessary ingredient for AGN activity, as black
hole accretion appears often to persist after star formation has been
terminated.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in AEGIS ApJ Letters
special editio
A Strong-Lens Survey in AEGIS: the influence of large scale structure
We report on the results of a visual search for galaxy-scale strong
gravitational lenses over 650 arcmin^2 of HST/ACS imaging in the DEEP2-EGS
field. In addition to a previously-known Einstein Cross (the "Cross," HST
J141735+52264, with z_lens=0.8106 and a published z_source=3.40), we identify
two new strong galaxy-galaxy lenses with multiple extended arcs. The first, HST
J141820+52361 (the ``Dewdrop''; z_lens=0.5798, lenses two distinct extended
sources into two pairs of arcs z_source=0.while), 9818 the second, HST
J141833+52435 (the ``Anchor''; z_lens=0.4625), produces a single pair of arcs
(source redshift not yet known). All three definite lenses are fit well by
simple singular isothermal ellipsoid models including external shear. Using the
three-dimensional line-of-sight (LOS) information on galaxies from the DEEP2
data, we calculate the convergence and shear contributions, assuming singular
isothermal sphere halos truncated at 200 h^-1 kpc. These are also compared
against three-dimensional local-density estimates. We find that even strong
lenses in demonstrably underdense local environments may be considerably
affected by LOS contributions, which in turn, may be underestimates of the
effect of large scale structure.Comment: ApJ Letters, submitted. Part of the AEGIS ApJL Special Issue. 4
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