The Local Galaxy 8 micron Luminosity Function

Authors :: Huang, J. -S.
Ashby, M. L. N.
Barmby, P.
Brodwin, M.
Brown, M. J. I.
Caldwell, N.
Cool, R. J.
Eisenhardt, P.
Eisenstein, D.
Fazio, G. G.
Floc'h, E. Le
Green, P.
Kochanek, C. S.
Lu, N. Y.
Pahre, M. A.
Rigopoulou, D.
Rosenberg, J. L.
Smith, H. A.
Wang, Z.
Willmer, C. N. A.
Willner, S. P.
Source :: Astrophys.J.. 664(2)
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: A SST survey in the NOAO Deep-Wide Field in Bo\"otes provides a complete, 8-micron-selected sample of galaxies to a limiting (Vega) magnitude of 13.5. In the 6.88 deg$^2$ field sampled, 79% of the 4867 galaxies have spectroscopic redshifts, allowing an accurate determination of the local (z<br />Comment: 32 pages, 12 Figures (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 are JPEG files), accepted for publication in ApJ