The 2.4 μm Galaxy Luminosity Function as Measured Using WISE. III. Measurement Results
S. E. Lake,Edward L. Wright,Roberto J. Assef,Thomas H. Jarrett,Sara Petty,S. A. Stanford,D. Stern,Chao-Wei Tsai +7 more
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In this article, the authors report on the parameters for the luminosity function of galaxies obtained from applying the spectroluminosity functional based methods defined in Lake et al. (2017b) to the data sets described in Lake and Wright (2017a) using the mean and covariance of $2.4, µ$m normalized SEDs from Lake & Wright (2016).Abstract:
The WISE satellite surveyed the entire sky multiple times in four infrared wavelengths (3.4, 4.6, 12, and $22\\,\\mu$m; Wright et al. 2010). The unprecedented combination of coverage area and depth gives us the opportunity to measure the luminosity function of galaxies, one of the fundamental quantities in the study of them, at $2.4\\ \\mu$m to an unparalleled level of formal statistical accuracy in the near infrared. The big advantage of measuring luminosity functions at wavelengths in the window $\\approx 2$ to $3.5\\,\\mu$m is that it correlates more closely to the total stellar mass in galaxies than others. In this paper we report on the parameters for the $2.4\\,\\mu$m luminosity function of galaxies obtained from applying the spectroluminosity functional based methods defined in Lake et al. (2017b) to the data sets described in Lake et al. (2017a) using the mean and covariance of $2.4\\,\\mu$m normalized SEDs from Lake & Wright (2016). In terms of single Schechter function parameters evaluated at the present epoch, the combined result is: $\\phi_\\star = 5.8 \\pm [0.3_{\\mathrm{stat}},\\, 0.3_{\\mathrm{sys}}] \\times 10^{-3} \\operatorname{Mpc}^{-3}$, $L_\\star = 6.4 \\pm [0.1_{\\mathrm{stat}},\\, 0.3_{\\mathrm{sys}}] \\times 10^{10}\\, L_{2.4\\,\\mu\\mathrm{m}\\,\\odot}$ ($M_\\star = -21.67 \\pm [0.02_{\\mathrm{stat}},\\, 0.05_{\\mathrm{sys}}]\\operatorname{AB\\ mag}$), and $\\alpha = -1.050 \\pm [0.004_{\\mathrm{stat}},\\, 0.03_{\\mathrm{sys}}]$, corresponding to a galaxy number density of $0.08\\operatorname{Mpc}^{-3}$ brighter than $10^6\\, L_{2.4\\,\\mu\\mathrm{m}\\,\\odot}$ ($10^{-3} \\operatorname{Mpc}^{-3}$ brighter than $L_\\star$) and a $2.4\\,\\mu$m luminosity density equivalent to $3.8\\times10^{8}\\,L_{2.4\\,\\mu\\mathrm{m}\\,\\odot}\\operatorname{Mpc}^{-3}$. $\\ldots$read more
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