The High-Mass End of the Red Sequence at z~0.55 from SDSS-III/BOSS: completeness, bimodality and luminosity function

Antonio D. Montero-Dorta, Adam S. Bolton, Joel R. Brownstein +13

We have developed an analytical method based on forward-modeling techniques to characterize the high-mass end of the red sequence (RS) galaxy population at redshift $z\sim 0.55$, fr…