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Title: THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. XV. THE PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT ESTIMATION FOR BACKGROUND SOURCES

Abstract

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) is an optical imaging survey covering 104 deg{sup 2} centered on the Virgo cluster. Currently, the complete survey area has been observed in the u*giz bands and one third in the r band. We present the photometric redshift estimation for the NGVS background sources. After a dedicated data reduction, we perform accurate photometry, with special attention to precise color measurements through point-spread function homogenization. We then estimate the photometric redshifts with the Le Phare and BPZ codes. We add a new prior that extends to i {sub AB} = 12.5 mag. When using the u* griz bands, our photometric redshifts for 15.5 mag ≤ i ≲ 23 mag or z {sub phot} ≲ 1 galaxies have a bias |Δz| < 0.02, less than 5% outliers, a scatter σ{sub outl.rej.}, and an individual error on z {sub phot} that increases with magnitude (from 0.02 to 0.05 and from 0.03 to 0.10, respectively). When using the u*giz bands over the same magnitude and redshift range, the lack of the r band increases the uncertainties in the 0.3 ≲ z {sub phot} ≲ 0.8 range (–0.05 < Δz < –0.02, σ{sub outl.rej} ∼ 0.06, 10%-15% outliers, and z {submore » phot.err.} ∼ 0.15). We also present a joint analysis of the photometric redshift accuracy as a function of redshift and magnitude. We assess the quality of our photometric redshifts by comparison to spectroscopic samples and by verifying that the angular auto- and cross-correlation function w(θ) of the entire NGVS photometric redshift sample across redshift bins is in agreement with the expectations.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ;  [2]; ; ;  [3]; ; ; ; ;  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9];
  1. GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 61 Avenue de l'Observatoire, F-75014 Paris (France)
  2. Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, University of Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn (Germany)
  3. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 7326, F-13388 Marseille (France)
  4. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7 (Canada)
  5. Insitute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 23-141, Taipei 106, Taiwan (China)
  6. Canada-France-Hawaïi Telescope Corporation, Kamuela, HI 96743 (United States)
  7. Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/IRFU/SAp, CNRS/INSU, Université Paris Diderot, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
  8. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555 (United States)
  9. UCO/Lick Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22364820
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 797; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ACCURACY; COLOR; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; PHOTOMETRY; RED SHIFT; STAR CLUSTERS

Citation Formats

Raichoor, A., Mei, S., Huertas-Company, M., Licitra, R., Erben, T., Hildebrandt, H., Ilbert, O., Boissier, S., Boselli, A., Ball, N. M., Côté, P., Ferrarese, L., Gwyn, S. D. J., Kavelaars, J. J., Chen, Y. -T., Cuillandre, J. -C., Duc, P. A., Durrell, P. R., Guhathakurta, P., Lançon, A., E-mail: anand.raichoor@obspm.fr, and others, and. THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. XV. THE PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT ESTIMATION FOR BACKGROUND SOURCES. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/102.
Raichoor, A., Mei, S., Huertas-Company, M., Licitra, R., Erben, T., Hildebrandt, H., Ilbert, O., Boissier, S., Boselli, A., Ball, N. M., Côté, P., Ferrarese, L., Gwyn, S. D. J., Kavelaars, J. J., Chen, Y. -T., Cuillandre, J. -C., Duc, P. A., Durrell, P. R., Guhathakurta, P., Lançon, A., E-mail: anand.raichoor@obspm.fr, & others, and. THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. XV. THE PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT ESTIMATION FOR BACKGROUND SOURCES. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/102
Raichoor, A., Mei, S., Huertas-Company, M., Licitra, R., Erben, T., Hildebrandt, H., Ilbert, O., Boissier, S., Boselli, A., Ball, N. M., Côté, P., Ferrarese, L., Gwyn, S. D. J., Kavelaars, J. J., Chen, Y. -T., Cuillandre, J. -C., Duc, P. A., Durrell, P. R., Guhathakurta, P., Lançon, A., E-mail: anand.raichoor@obspm.fr, and others, and. 2014. "THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. XV. THE PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT ESTIMATION FOR BACKGROUND SOURCES". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/102.
@article{osti_22364820,
title = {THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. XV. THE PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT ESTIMATION FOR BACKGROUND SOURCES},
author = {Raichoor, A. and Mei, S. and Huertas-Company, M. and Licitra, R. and Erben, T. and Hildebrandt, H. and Ilbert, O. and Boissier, S. and Boselli, A. and Ball, N. M. and Côté, P. and Ferrarese, L. and Gwyn, S. D. J. and Kavelaars, J. J. and Chen, Y. -T. and Cuillandre, J. -C. and Duc, P. A. and Durrell, P. R. and Guhathakurta, P. and Lançon, A., E-mail: anand.raichoor@obspm.fr and others, and},
abstractNote = {The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) is an optical imaging survey covering 104 deg{sup 2} centered on the Virgo cluster. Currently, the complete survey area has been observed in the u*giz bands and one third in the r band. We present the photometric redshift estimation for the NGVS background sources. After a dedicated data reduction, we perform accurate photometry, with special attention to precise color measurements through point-spread function homogenization. We then estimate the photometric redshifts with the Le Phare and BPZ codes. We add a new prior that extends to i {sub AB} = 12.5 mag. When using the u* griz bands, our photometric redshifts for 15.5 mag ≤ i ≲ 23 mag or z {sub phot} ≲ 1 galaxies have a bias |Δz| < 0.02, less than 5% outliers, a scatter σ{sub outl.rej.}, and an individual error on z {sub phot} that increases with magnitude (from 0.02 to 0.05 and from 0.03 to 0.10, respectively). When using the u*giz bands over the same magnitude and redshift range, the lack of the r band increases the uncertainties in the 0.3 ≲ z {sub phot} ≲ 0.8 range (–0.05 < Δz < –0.02, σ{sub outl.rej} ∼ 0.06, 10%-15% outliers, and z {sub phot.err.} ∼ 0.15). We also present a joint analysis of the photometric redshift accuracy as a function of redshift and magnitude. We assess the quality of our photometric redshifts by comparison to spectroscopic samples and by verifying that the angular auto- and cross-correlation function w(θ) of the entire NGVS photometric redshift sample across redshift bins is in agreement with the expectations.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/102},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22364820}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 797,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}