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The SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey optically-selected sample

Vlahakis, Catherine Emma, Eales, Stephen Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7394-426X and Dunne, Loretta 2004. The SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey optically-selected sample. Presented at: BARS 2004, Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa, 7-12 June 2004. Published in: Block, David L., Puerari, Ivânio, Freeman, K. C., Groess, R. and Block, Elizabeth K. eds. Penetrating bars through masks of cosmic dust : The Hubble Tuning Fork strikes a new note (Conference proceedings). Astrophysics and Space Science Library (319) Norwell, MA: Springer, pp. 799-800.

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Abstract

We discuss the progress of the SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey (SLUGS), the first large, statistical sub-mm survey of the local universe. Since our original survey of a sample of 104 IRAS-selected galaxies we have recently completed a sample of 78 Optically-Selected galaxies. Since SCUBA is sensitive to the large proportion of dust too cold to be detected by IRAS the addition of this optically-selected sample allows us for the first time to determine the amount of cold dust in galaxies of different Hubble types. We detect 6 ellipticals in the sample and find them to have dust masses in excess of 10^7 solar masses. We derive local sub-mm luminosity functions, both directly for the two samples, and by extrapolation from the IRAS PSCz, and find excellent agreement.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781402028618
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Last Modified: 24 Oct 2022 11:52
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/49605

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