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Astrophysics

analytic form for the number density of galaxies per unit luminosity, a power law at faint luminosities with an exponential cutoff above a characteristic luminosity.

In astrophysics, Schechter function refers to analytic form for the number density of galaxies per unit luminosity, a power law at faint luminosities with an exponential cutoff above a characteristic luminosity. This meaning comes from Schechter (1976) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Schechter, P. (1976). An analytic expression for the luminosity function for galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, 203, 297. https://doi.org/10.1086/154079

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