Open AccessStatistics of giant luminous arcs based on the Canada-France Redshift Survey
Author(s) -
Takashi Hamana,
Toshifumi Futamase
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-8711
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1093/mnras/286.1.l7
Subject(s) - physics , astrophysics , luminosity function , redshift , galaxy , luminosity , astronomy , redshift survey
We examine the statistics of giant luminous arcs using the galaxy luminosity function suggested by the Canada-France Redshift Survey. We choose 16 clusters of galaxies in the Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey (EMSS) sample with z≥0.2 and Lx≥4 × 1044 erg s−12 for a sample of clusters that contain six giant luminous arcs. We find that the observed evolution of the galaxy luminosity function increas...
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