The K-band luminosity functions of cluster galaxies

Abstract

We derive the galaxy luminosity function in the $K_s$ band for galaxies in 24 clusters to provide a local reference for higher redshift studies and to analyse how and if the luminosity function varies according to environment and cluster properties. We use new, deep $K$ band imaging and match the photometry to available redshift information and to optical photometry from the SDSS or the UKST/POSS: $>80\%$ of the galaxies to $K\sim 14.5$ have measured redshifts. We derive composite luminosity functions, for the entire sample and for cluster subsamples . We consider the luminosity functions for red sequence and blue cloud galaxies. The full composite luminosity function has $K^{\ast }=12.79\pm 0.14$ ($M_K=-24.81$) and $\alpha =-1.41\pm 0.10$. We find that $K^{\ast }$ is largely unaffected by the environment but that the slope $\alpha$ increases towards lower mass clusters and clusters with Bautz-Morgan type $<$ II. The red sequence luminosity function seems to be approximately universal (within errors) in all environments: it has parameters $K^{\ast }=13.16\pm 0.15$ ($M_K=-24.44$) and $\alpha =-1.00\pm 0.12$ (for all galaxies). Blue galaxies do not show a good fit to a Schechter function, but the best values for its parameters are $K^{\ast }=13.51\pm 0.41$ ($M_K=-24.09$) and $\alpha =-1.60\pm 0.29$: we do not have enough statistics to consider environmental variations for these galaxies. We find some evidence that $K^{\ast }$ in clusters is brighter than in the field and $\alpha$ is steeper, but note this comparison is based (for the field) on 2MASS photometry, while our data are considerably deeper.

arXiv comment10 pages, 6 figures plus on-line appendix. Accepted in MNRAS

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