The luminosity function of galaxies in elliptical-dominated galaxy groups: clues on the nature of fossil groups

Brazil); Brazil; (2) Observat\'orio Nacional; Claudia Mendes de Oliveira (1); Eduardo Cypriano (1) ((1) Universidade de S\~ao Paulo; Laerte Sodr\'e (1); Raimundo Lopes de Oliveira (1); Renato Dupke (2)

arxiv: 0909.2612 · v2 · submitted 2009-09-14 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO

The luminosity function of galaxies in elliptical-dominated galaxy groups: clues on the nature of fossil groups

Raimundo Lopes de Oliveira (1) , Claudia Mendes de Oliveira (1) , Renato Dupke (2) , Laerte Sodr\'e (1) , Eduardo Cypriano (1) ((1) Universidade de S\~ao Paulo , Brazil; (2) Observat\'orio Nacional , Brazil) This is my paper

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We have started a study of luminosity functions of Fossil Group candidates in order to characterize the faint-end of their galaxy distribution. Here we report on results of nine of them from SDSS photometry.

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The luminosity function of galaxies in elliptical-dominated galaxy groups: clues on the nature of fossil groups

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