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The Optical and Near‐Infrared Properties of Galaxies. I. Luminosity and Stellar Mass Functions

The Optical and Near‐Infrared Properties of Galaxies. I. Luminosity and Stellar Mass Functions

We use a large sample of galaxies from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to calculate galaxy luminosity and stellar mass functions in the local universe. We estimate corrections for passband shifting and galaxy evolution, as well as present-day stellar mass-to-light (M/L) …