@article{0708d70739cb4f40b73a67e98788091a,
title = "The GALEX ultraviolet virgo cluster survey (GUViCS): I. the UV luminosity function of the central 12 sq. deg",
abstract = "The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS) is a complete blind survey of the Virgo cluster covering ∼40 sq. deg in the far UV (FUV, λeff = 1539 {\AA} Δλ = 442 {\AA}) and ∼120 sq. deg in the near UV (NUV, λeff = 2316 {\AA}, Δλ = 1060 {\AA}). The goal of the survey is to study the ultraviolet (UV) properties of galaxies in a rich cluster environment, spanning a wide luminosity range from giants to dwarfs, and regardless of prior knowledge of their star formation activity. The UV data will be combined with those in other bands (optical: NGVS; far-infrared - submm: HeViCS; HI: ALFALFA) and with our multizone chemo-spectrophotometric models of galaxy evolution to make a complete and exhaustive study of the effects of the environment on the evolution of galaxies in high density regions. We present here the scientific objectives of the survey, describing the observing strategy and briefly discussing different data reduction techniques. Using UV data already in-hand for the central 12 sq. deg we determine the FUV and NUV luminosity functions of the Virgo cluster core for all cluster members and separately for early- and late-type galaxies and compare it to the one obtained in the field and other nearby clusters (Coma, A1367). This analysis shows that the FUV and NUV luminosity functions of the core of the Virgo clusters are flatter (α ∼ -1.1) than those determined in Coma and A1367. We discuss the possible origin of this difference.",
keywords = "galaxies: clusters: individual: Virgo, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: fundamental parameters, galaxies: luminosity function, mass function, ultraviolet: galaxies",
author = "A. Boselli and S. Boissier and S. Heinis and L. Cortese and O. Ilbert and T. Hughes and O. Cucciati and J. Davies and L. Ferrarese and R. Giovanelli and Haynes, {M. P.} and M. Baes and C. Balkowski and N. Brosch and Chapman, {S. C.} and V. Charmandaris and Clemens, {M. S.} and A. Dariush and {De Looze}, I. and {Di Serego Alighieri}, S. and Duc, {P. A.} and Durrell, {P. R.} and E. Emsellem and T. Erben and J. Fritz and Garcia-Appadoo, {D. A.} and G. Gavazzi and M. Grossi and A. Jord{\'a}n and Hess, {K. M.} and M. Huertas-Company and Hunt, {L. K.} and Kent, {B. R.} and Lambas, {D. G.} and A. Lan{\c c}on and MacArthur, {L. A.} and Madden, {S. C.} and L. Magrini and S. Mei and E. Momjian and Olowin, {R. P.} and E. Papastergis and Smith, {M. W.L.} and Solanes, {J. M.} and O. Spector and K. Spekkens and Taylor, {J. E.} and C. Valotto and {Van Driel}, W. and J. Verstappen and C. Vlahakis and B. Vollmer and Xilouris, {E. M.}",
note = "Funding Information: We wish to thank the GALEX Time Allocation Commetee for the generous allocation of time devoted to this project. We want to thank J. C. Mu{\~n}oz-Mateos for providing us the SDSS data of the SINGS galaxies and M. Seibert for providing us with FUV data manually reduced of fields N. 1, 7 and 11 and M. Balogh and the anonymous referee for useful comments. This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and of the GOLDMine database ( http://goldmine.mib.infn.it/ ). GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) is a NASA Small Explorer, launched in 2003 April. We gratefully acknowledge NASAs support for construction, operation, and science analysis for the GALEX mission, developed in cooperation with the Centre National dEtudes Spatiales of France and the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology. Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/. The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington. R.G. and M.P.H. are supported by NSF grant AST-0607007 and by a grant from the Brinson Foundation.",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1051/0004-6361/201016389",
language = "English",
volume = "528",
journal = "Astronomy and Astrophysics",
issn = "0004-6361",
publisher = "EDP Sciences",
}