On Lynden-Bell's method for the determination of the luminosity function
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- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 226 (2) , 273-280
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/226.2.273
Abstract
A new, simple argument leading to Lynden-Bell’s C method is presented. This argument leads to an extended version of the C method which gives the properly normalized luminosity function.Keywords
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