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Exploring the spatially-resolved capabilities of the J-PAS survey with Py2DJPAS

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2026-02-17 v2 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

We present Py2DJPAS, a Python-based tool to automate the analysis of spatially resolved galaxies in the \textbf{miniJPAS} survey, a 1~deg2^2 precursor of the J-PAS survey, using the same filter system, telescope, and Pathfinder camera. Py2DJPAS streamlines the entire workflow: downloading scientific images and catalogs, performing PSF homogenization, masking, aperture definition, SED fitting, and estimating optical emission line equivalent widths via an artificial neural network. We validate Py2DJPAS on a sample of resolved miniJPAS galaxies, recovering magnitudes in all bands consistent with the catalog (10\sim 10~\% precision using SExtractor). Local background estimation improves results for faint galaxies and apertures. PSF homogenization enables consistent multi-band photometry in inner apertures, allowing pseudo-spectra generation without artifacts. SED fitting across annular apertures yields residuals <10<10~\%, with no significant wavelength-dependent bias for regions with S/N>5S/N>5. We demonstrate the IFU-like capability of J-PAS by analyzing the spatially resolved properties of galaxy 2470-10239 at z=0.078z = 0.078, comparing them to MaNGA data within 1 half-light radius (HLR). We find excellent agreement in photometric vs. spectroscopic measurements and stellar mass surface density profiles. Our analysis extends to 4 HLR (S/N~\sim~5), showing that J-PAS can probe galaxy outskirts, enabling the study of evolutionary processes at large galactocentric distances.

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@article{arxiv.2509.12327,
  title  = {Exploring the spatially-resolved capabilities of the J-PAS survey with Py2DJPAS},
  author = {J. E. Rodríguez-Martín and L. A. Díaz-García and R. M. González Delgado and G. Martínez-Solaeche and R. García-Benito and A. de Amorim and J. Thainá-Batista and R. Cid Fernandes and I. Márquez and A. Fernández-Soto and I. Breda and R. Abramo and J. Alcaniz and N. Benítez and S. Bonoli and S. Carneiro and A. J. Cenarro and D. Cristóbal-Hornillos and R. A. Dupke and A. Ederoclite and A. Hernán-Caballero and C. Hernández-Monteagudo and C. López-Sanjuan and A. Marín-Franch and C. Mendes de Oliveira and M. Moles and L. Sodré and K. Taylor and J. Varela and H. Vázquez Ramió},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.12327},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

20 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A