Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). First detections from the galaxy cluster workflow
Abstract
The first survey data release by the Euclid mission covers approximately in the Euclid Deep Fields to the same depth as the Euclid Wide Survey. This paper showcases, for the first time, the performance of cluster finders on Euclid data and presents examples of validated clusters in the Quick Release 1 (Q1) imaging data. We identify clusters using two algorithms (AMICO and PZWav) implemented in the Euclid cluster-detection pipeline. We explore the internal consistency of detections from the two codes, and cross-match detections with known clusters from other surveys using external multi-wavelength and spectroscopic data sets. This enables assessment of the Euclid photometric redshift accuracy and also of systematics such as mis-centring between the optical cluster centre and centres based on X-ray and/or Sunyaev--Zeldovich observations. We report 426 joint PZWav and AMICO-detected clusters with high signal-to-noise ratios over the full Q1 area in the redshift range . The chosen redshift and signal-to-noise thresholds are motivated by the photometric quality of the early Euclid data. We provide richness estimates for each of the Euclid-detected clusters and show its correlation with various external cluster mass proxies. Out of the full sample, 77 systems are potentially new to the literature. Overall, the Q1 cluster catalogue demonstrates a successful validation of the workflow ahead of the Euclid Data Release 1, based on the consistency of internal and external properties of Euclid-detected clusters.
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@article{arxiv.2503.19196,
title = {Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). First detections from the galaxy cluster workflow},
author = {Euclid Collaboration and S. Bhargava and C. Benoist and A. H. Gonzalez and M. Maturi and J. -B. Melin and S. A. Stanford and E. Munari and M. Vannier and C. Murray and S. Maurogordato and A. Biviano and J. Macias-Perez and J. G. Bartlett and F. Pacaud and A. Widmer and M. Meneghetti and B. Sartoris and M. Aguena and G. Alguero and S. Andreon and S. Bardelli and L. Baumont and M. Bolzonella and R. Cabanac and A. Cappi and G. Castignani and C. Combet and J. Comparat and S. Farrens and Z. Ghaffari and P. A. Giles and C. Giocoli and M. Girardi and N. A. Hatch and L. Ingoglia and A. Iovino and G. A. Mamon and S. Mei and L. Moscardini and S. Mourre and J. Odier and G. W. Pratt and P. Tarrío and G. Toni and J. Weller and E. Zucca and N. Aghanim and B. Altieri and A. Amara and N. Auricchio and C. Baccigalupi and M. Baldi and A. Balestra and P. Battaglia and F. Bellagamba and A. Bonchi and E. Branchini and M. Brescia and J. Brinchmann and S. Camera and V. Capobianco and C. Carbone and J. Carretero and S. Casas and M. Castellano and S. Cavuoti and K. C. Chambers and A. Cimatti and C. Colodro-Conde and G. Congedo and C. J. Conselice and L. Conversi and Y. Copin and F. Courbin and H. M. Courtois and M. Cropper and A. Da Silva and H. Degaudenzi and G. De Lucia and A. M. Di Giorgio and C. Dolding and H. Dole and F. Dubath and C. A. J. Duncan and X. Dupac and S. Dusini and A. Ealet and S. Escoffier and M. Farina and R. Farinelli and F. Faustini and S. Ferriol and F. Finelli and P. Fosalba and S. Fotopoulou and M. Frailis and E. Franceschi and M. Fumana and S. Galeotta and K. George and B. Gillis and P. Gómez-Alvarez and J. Gracia-Carpio and B. R. Granett and A. Grazian and F. Grupp and L. Guzzo and S. Gwyn and S. V. H. Haugan and J. Hoar and H. Hoekstra and W. Holmes and F. Hormuth and A. Hornstrup and P. Hudelot and S. Ilić and K. Jahnke and M. Jhabvala and B. Joachimi and E. Keihänen and S. Kermiche and A. Kiessling and M. Kilbinger and B. Kubik and K. Kuijken and M. Kümmel and M. Kunz and H. Kurki-Suonio and Q. Le Boulc'h and A. M. C. Le Brun and D. Le Mignant and P. Liebing and S. Ligori and P. B. Lilje and V. Lindholm and I. Lloro and G. Mainetti and D. Maino and E. Maiorano and O. Mansutti and S. Marcin and O. Marggraf and M. Martinelli and N. Martinet and F. Marulli and R. Massey and E. Medinaceli and M. Melchior and Y. Mellier and E. Merlin and G. Meylan and A. Mora and M. Moresco and R. Nakajima and C. Neissner and R. C. Nichol and S. -M. Niemi and J. W. Nightingale and C. Padilla and S. Paltani and F. Pasian and K. Pedersen and W. J. Percival and V. Pettorino and S. Pires and G. Polenta and M. Poncet and L. A. Popa and L. Pozzetti and F. Raison and R. Rebolo and A. Renzi and J. Rhodes and G. Riccio and E. Romelli and M. Roncarelli and R. Saglia and Z. Sakr and A. G. Sánchez and D. Sapone and J. A. Schewtschenko and P. Schneider and T. Schrabback and A. Secroun and E. Sefusatti and G. Seidel and S. Serrano and P. Simon and C. Sirignano and G. Sirri and J. Skottfelt and L. Stanco and J. Steinwagner and P. Tallada-Crespí and A. N. Taylor and I. Tereno and S. Toft and R. Toledo-Moreo and F. Torradeflot and I. Tutusaus and L. Valenziano and J. Valiviita and T. Vassallo and G. Verdoes Kleijn and A. Veropalumbo and Y. Wang and A. Zacchei and G. Zamorani and F. M. Zerbi and V. Allevato and M. Ballardini and E. Bozzo and C. Burigana and P. Casenove and D. Di Ferdinando and J. A. Escartin Vigo and G. Fabbian and L. Gabarra and J. Martín-Fleitas and S. Matthew and N. Mauri and R. B. Metcalf and A. Pezzotta and M. Pöntinen and C. Porciani and I. Risso and V. Scottez and M. Sereno and M. Tenti and M. Viel and M. Wiesmann and Y. Akrami and I. T. Andika and S. Anselmi and M. Archidiacono and F. Atrio-Barandela and K. Benson and P. Bergamini and D. Bertacca and M. Bethermin and A. Blanchard and L. Blot and H. Böhringer and S. Borgani and M. L. Brown and S. Bruton and A. Calabro and B. Camacho Quevedo and F. Caro and C. S. Carvalho and T. Castro and Y. Charles and F. Cogato and A. R. Cooray and M. Costanzi and O. Cucciati and S. Davini and F. De Paolis and G. Desprez and A. Díaz-Sánchez and J. J. Diaz and S. Di Domizio and J. M. Diego and P. Dimauro and P. -A. Duc and A. Enia and Y. Fang and A. G. Ferrari and P. G. Ferreira and A. Finoguenov and A. Fontana and A. Franco and K. Ganga and J. García-Bellido and T. Gasparetto and E. Gaztanaga and F. Giacomini and F. Gianotti and G. Gozaliasl and M. Guidi and C. M. Gutierrez and A. Hall and W. G. Hartley and C. Hernández-Monteagudo and H. Hildebrandt and J. Hjorth and J. J. E. Kajava and Y. Kang and V. Kansal and D. Karagiannis and K. Kiiveri and C. C. Kirkpatrick and S. Kruk and J. Le Graet and L. Legrand and M. Lembo and F. Lepori and G. Leroy and G. F. Lesci and J. Lesgourgues and L. Leuzzi and T. I. Liaudat and S. J. Liu and A. Loureiro and G. Maggio and M. Magliocchetti and E. A. Magnier and F. Mannucci and R. Maoli and C. J. A. P. Martins and L. Maurin and M. Migliaccio and M. Miluzio and P. Monaco and A. Montoro and C. Moretti and G. Morgante and K. Naidoo and A. Navarro-Alsina and S. Nesseris and F. Passalacqua and K. Paterson and L. Patrizii and A. Pisani and D. Potter and S. Quai and M. Radovich and P. -F. Rocci and P. Rosati and S. Sacquegna and M. Sahlén and D. B. Sanders and E. Sarpa and J. Schaye and A. Schneider and M. Schultheis and D. Sciotti and E. Sellentin and L. C. Smith and K. Tanidis and G. Testera and R. Teyssier and S. Tosi and A. Troja and M. Tucci and C. Valieri and A. Venhola and D. Vergani and G. Verza and P. Vielzeuf and N. A. Walton and E. Soubrie and D. Scott},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.19196},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Paper accepted as part of the A&A Special Issue 'Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1),' 24 pages, 17 figures