Luminosity Functions
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Exact parameters depend on sample.
SDSS and 2dF
provide the best estimates. Typically slopes around a = -1,
M
B
= -20 (note for reference that quasars by definition
more luminous than -23).
The normalization factor is on order of 0.01 per cubic Mpc.
I’m not being too exact because sample biases and other
subtleties exist.
Be more exact for your application.