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The luminosity function (LF) of low-redshift galaxies is a primary benchmark for models of galaxy formation. The detailed shape of the LF reflects a host of physical processes ranging from the collapse of dark-matter halos to the complex cycle of gas cooling, star formation, and feedback into the interstellar medium. Additional observables such as morphology, color, and emission-line strength provide similar but independent constraints on the input physics. Along with dynamical measures of galaxy masses, the LF and its dependence on morphology, color and emission-line strength anchor the theory of galaxy formation at redshift zero.
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Marzke, R.O. (1998). The Galaxy Luminosity Function at Redshift Zero: Constraints on Galaxy Formation. In: Hamilton, D. (eds) The Evolving Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 231. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4960-0_3
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