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EAS Publications Series
Volume 48, 2011
CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
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| Page(s) | 301 - 302 | |
| Section | Distribution and Luminosity Functions of Dwarfs | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1148068 | |
| Published online | 11 July 2011 | |
A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 301–302
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 301–302
Estimating Dwarf Galaxy Gas Masses
Univ. of North Carolina, Physics and Astronomy Dept., Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
e-mail: keckert@physics.unc.edu
Dwarf galaxies dominate the galaxy luminosity function, yet their contribution to the baryonic mass function is not well determined. Photometric gas fraction estimators allow us to obtain neutral atomic gas masses for statistical samples of galaxies to help constrain the baryonic mass function. We adapt the photometric gas fraction technique to be more useful for predicting gas masses of dwarf galaxies.
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