Galaxy Number Counts

dc.creatorCampos, Ana
dc.date1995-10-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:20:17Z
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dc.descriptionIn these Lectures Notes I re-visit the problem of the deep number counts as a viable method to (1) study the evolution of the galaxy population in the past and (2) determine the value of the deceleration parameter $q_0$. After a brief description of the basic concepts needed to model the counts, we show that simple luminosity evolution models which incorporate dust are able to provide reasonable fits to both the deep counts and the redshift distribution of faint field galaxies if $q_0=0.05$. In order to fit the counts in a {\it closed} ($q_0=0.5$) Universe, we include a population of fading dwarfs, more numerous in the past, based on current ideas to understand the nature of dwarf galaxies.
dc.description7 pages, uuencoded compressed postscript file uncluding text and 7 figures. Proc. ``International School of Physics Enrico Fermi'', Course CXXXII: Dark Matter in the Universe, Varenna 1995, eds.: S. Bonometto, J. Primack, A. Provenzale, IOP, to appear
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9510051
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9510051
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10163
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGalaxy Number Counts
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