About LFKit#
LFKit is a Python toolkit for working with galaxy luminosity functions and the photometric quantities required to construct them from observational data.
The package provides lightweight building blocks for converting observed galaxy photometry into rest-frame quantities and for modelling galaxy luminosity functions used in astrophysical and cosmological analyses.
Core components#
Photometric Corrections
Tools for evaluating photometric k-corrections and luminosity evolution (e) corrections, and for working with filter response curves and spectral energy distributions (SEDs).
Photometric Tools
Utilities for constructing and analyzing galaxy luminosity functions, including conversions between observed magnitudes and rest-frame absolute magnitudes.