Abstract
Extreme value statistics (EVS) is applied to the pixelized distribution of galaxy luminosities in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We analyze the DR6 Main Galaxy Sample (MGS), divided into red and blue subsamples, as well as the Luminous Red Galaxy Sample (LRGS). A non-parametric comparison of the EVS of the luminosities with the Fisher-Tippett-Gumbel distribution (limit distribution for independent variables distributed by the Press-Schechter law) indicates a good agreement provided uncertainties arising both from the finite size of the samples and from the sample size distribution are accounted for.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 329-334 |
Number of pages | 6 |
State | Published - 2010 |
Event | 45th Rencontres de Moriond on Cosmology 2010 - La Thuile, Italy Duration: Mar 13 2010 → Mar 20 2010 |
Conference
Conference | 45th Rencontres de Moriond on Cosmology 2010 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | La Thuile |
Period | 3/13/10 → 3/20/10 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics