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The x‐ray luminosity function of galaxy clusters
Author(s) -
Schmidt K.H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.19782990405
Subject(s) - physics , astrophysics , luminosity function , galaxy , luminosity , x ray , function (biology) , galaxy cluster , range (aeronautics) , astronomy , optics , biology , materials science , evolutionary biology , composite material
From published data on X‐ray sources identified with clusters of galaxies the X‐ray luminosity function of the clusters was derived to ϕ x ˜ L x ‐0.8 in the range 10 43 ≦ L x ≦ (2–3) · 10 45 ergs/s. For L x > 3 · 10 45 ergs/s the function decreases abruptly.
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