Flux Limited Sample: What Is It & Why Use It?

[venkatpunjabi]

I have read it in many papers that this is a flux limited sample. But I have trouble in understanding what is the exact meaning of it and why do we use flux limited samples?

 

[davenn]

hi there
welcome to PF

typing Flux limited sample into google came up with many links
go have a try

regards
Dave

 

[vociferous]

I am fairly certain that it is exactly what it sounds like, a sample that has limits established on the bounds of the flux.