Uniform and accurate photometric calibration plays an important role in the current and next-generation wide-field imaging surveys. Herein, we review the modern photometric calibration methods, including the classic standard star method, "hardware/observation-driven" methods (such as the Ubercalibration, Hypercalibration, and Forward Global Calibration Methods), and "software/physics-driven" methods (e.g., the Stellar Locus Regression, Stellar Locus, and Stellar Color Regression Methods). Further, we discuss their advantages, limitations, and future developments toward millimagnitude precision calibration.
@article{arxiv.2206.01007,
title = {Photometric calibration methods for wide-field photometric surveys},
author = {Bowen Huang and Kai Xiao and Haibo Yuan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.01007},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Scientia Sinica Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica accepted, in Chinese language