The 24 micron Luminosity Function of spectroscopic SWIRE sources from the Lockman validation field

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dc.creatorOnyett, N.
dc.creatorOliver, S.
dc.creatorMorrison, G.
dc.creatorOwen, F.
dc.creatorPozzi, F.
dc.creatorCarson, D.
dc.creatorteam, SWIRE
dc.date2005-03-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:17:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:17:16Z
dc.descriptionA spectroscopic follow-up of SWIRE sources from the Lockman Validation Field has allowed the determination of the SWIRE 24 micron Luminosity Function (LF). The spectroscopic sample was chosen above a 24 micron flux limit at 260 microJy and an r-band optical limit of r<21. A spectroscopic completeness of 82.5% was achieved. We found the median redshift for the sample to be z_med=0.29. Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) and Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) techniques were employed to fit a parametric LF. Our result of the local LF (LLF) is consistent with the local 25 micron determination from Shupe et al. 1998. We split the sample at a redshift of z_split=0.36 and find strong evidence for galaxy evolution.
dc.description2 pages, 3 figures, Spitzer New Views Conference
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503444
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503444
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/9111
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe 24 micron Luminosity Function of spectroscopic SWIRE sources from the Lockman validation field
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