Variations in the Bivariate Brightness Distribution with different galaxy types
classification
🌌 astro-ph
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brightnessstrongbivariatecorrelationdfgrsdistributiongalaxiestypes
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We present Bivariate Brightness Distributions (BBDs) for four spectral types discriminated by the 2dFGRS. We discuss the photometry and completeness of the 2dFGRS using a deep, wide-field CCD imaging survey. We find that there is a strong luminosity-surface brightness correlation amongst galaxies with medium to strong emission features, with gradient $\beta_{\mu}=0.25\pm0.05$ and width $\sigma_{\mu}=0.56\pm0.01$. Strong absorption line galaxies, show a bimodal distribution, with no correlation between luminosity and surface brightness.
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