Published June 2003
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Journal Article
Quantitative Study of Galaxy Morphology
Abstract
We use an automatic algorithm to fit two-dimensional bulge and disk surface brightness profiles to a sample of 200 Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release (SDSS EDR) galaxies of known redshift and brighter than r = 16. The bulge-to-disk (B/D) luminosity ratios can be combined with an estimate of the galaxy's local environment to address a number of key issues that are central to our understanding of galaxy formation: – How do B/D ratios depend upon galaxy luminosity? – What are the disk and spheroid luminosity functions for field galaxies? – How does the total luminosity in bulges and disks depend on environment?
Additional Information
© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. We would like to use this opportunity to thank JENAM 2002 GE Workshop organisers for their endless patience prior to submitting this work. It truly has been a great pleasure to take part in the Workshop and extremely exciting to visit the city of Porto – muito obrigada!Additional details
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