| Issue |
A&A
Volume 410, Number 2, November I 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | L25 - L28 | |
| Section | Letters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031495 | |
| Published online | 17 November 2003 | |
Letter to the Editor
The UV luminosity function of nearby clusters of galaxies
1
Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy e-mail: Luca.Cortese@mib.infn.it; Giuseppe.Gavazzi@mib.infn.it
2
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, BP 8, Traverse du Siphon, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France e-mail: alessandro.boselli@oamp.fr; jorge.iglesias@oamp.fr
Corresponding author: L. Cortese, Luca.Cortese@mib.infn.it
Received:
18
July
2003
Accepted:
23
September
2003
We present the UV composite luminosity function for galaxies in the Virgo, Coma and Abell 1367 clusters.
The luminosity function (LF) is well fitted by a Schechter function with
and 
and does not differ significantly from the local UV luminosity function of the field.
This result is in agreement with recent studies carried out in the 
and B-bands
which find no difference between the LFs of star forming galaxies in clusters and in the field.
This indicates that, whatever mechanisms are responsible for quenching the star formation in clusters, they
influence similarly the giant and the dwarf populations,
leaving the shape of the LF unchanged and only modifying its normalization.
Key words: galaxies: luminosity function / galaxies: clusters: individual: Abell1367, Coma, Virgo / galaxies: evolution
© ESO, 2003
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