Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Deconstructing the galaxy stellar mass function by star formation and environment

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A&A, 706 (2026) A202

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Table 2.

Best-fit double Schechter function parameters of the GSMFs of all, grouped, ungrouped, central, and satellite galaxies for different subsamples, as indicated.

All galaxy sample	log M^★	α₁	α₂
	( $M_{⊙} h_{70}^{- 2}$ $M_{\odot}\,h_{70}^{-2}$ )
Total	10.84 ± 0.01	−0.72 ± 0.03	−1.58 ± 0.03
Star-forming	10.48 ± 0.02	−0.08 ± 0.09	−1.44 ± 0.02
Passive	10.83 ± 0.01	−0.48 ± 0.02	−2.30 ± 0.22

Grouped galaxy sample	log M^★	α₁	α₂
	( $M_{⊙} h_{70}^{- 2}$ $M_{\odot}\,h_{70}^{-2}$ )

Total	10.90 ± 0.01	−0.59 ± 0.05	−1.41 ± 0.05
Star-forming	10.52 ± 0.02	0.11 ± 0.13	−1.32 ± 0.03
Passive	10.92 ± 0.01	−0.50 ± 0.03	−2.00 ± 0.28

Ungrouped galaxy sample	log M^★	α₁	α₂
	( $M_{⊙} h_{70}^{- 2}$ $M_{\odot}\,h_{70}^{-2}$ )

Total	10.56 ± 0.01	−0.17 ± 0.06	−1.53 ± 0.02
Star-forming	10.38 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.11	−1.50 ± 0.02
Passive	10.58 ± 0.01	−0.08 ± 0.04	−2.27 ± 0.15

Central galaxy sample	log M^★	α₁	α₂
	( $M_{⊙} h_{70}^{- 2}$ $M_{\odot}\,h_{70}^{-2}$ )

Total	10.85 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.06	−1.18 ± 0.05
Star-forming	10.50 ± 0.03	0.64 ± 0.16	−1.05 ± 0.05
Passive	10.84 ± 0.01	0.44 ± 0.13	...

Satellite galaxy sample	log M^★	α₁	α₂
	( $M_{⊙} h_{70}^{- 2}$ $M_{\odot}\,h_{70}^{-2}$ )

Total	10.72 ± 0.02	−0.67 ± 0.10	−1.48 ± 0.07
Star-forming	10.40 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.20	−1.43 ± 0.03
Passive	10.74 ± 0.01	−0.66 ± 0.05	−1.92 ± 0.25

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