The HerMES SPIRE submillimeter local luminosity function

摘要

Local luminosity functions are fundamental benchmarks forhigh-redshift galaxy formation and evolution studies as well as formodels describing these processes. Determining the local luminosityfunction in the submillimeter range can help to better constrain inparticular the bolometric luminosity density in the local Universe, andHerschel offers the first opportunity to do so in an unbiased way by imaging large sky areas at several submillimeter wavelengths. We present the first Herschel measurement of the submillimeter 0