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The aim of the present paper is to quantify the dependence of the estimates of luminosities and stellar mass of early-type galaxies on the different models and model parameters which can be used to analyze the observational data. The paper…

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We present a detailed analysis of our ability to determine stellar masses, ages, reddening and extinction values, and star formation rates of high-redshift galaxies by modeling broad-band SEDs with stellar population synthesis. In order to…

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We intend to show that it is possible to derive the physical parameters of galaxies from their broad-band spectral energy distribution out to a redshift of 1.2. This method has the potential to yield the physical parameters of all galaxies…

The stellar masses of galaxies are measured using integrated light via several methods -- however, few of these methods were designed for low-mass ($M_{\star}\lesssim10^{8}\rm{M_{\odot}}$) "dwarf" galaxies, whose properties (e.g.,…

We present robust statistical estimates of the accuracy of early-type galaxy stellar masses derived from spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting as functions of various empirical and theoretical assumptions. Using large samples…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 R. Swindle , R. R. Gal , F. La Barbera , R. R. de Carvalho

Our aim in this work is to answer, using simulated narrow-band photometry data, the following general question: What can we learn about galaxies from these new generation cosmological surveys? For instance, can we estimate stellar age and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-29 William Schoenell , Roberto Cid Fernandes , Narciso Benítez , Natalia Vale Asari

(Abridged) We explore the dependence of galaxy stellar population properties derived from broad-band SED-fitting - such as age, stellar mass, dust reddening, etc. - on a variety of parameters, such as SFHs, metallicity, IMF, dust reddening…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Janine Pforr , Claudia Maraston , Chiara Tonini

Robust inference of galaxy stellar masses from photometry is crucial for constraints on galaxy assembly across cosmic time. Here, we test a commonly-used Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) fitting code, using simulated galaxies from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-04 R. K. Cochrane , H. Katz , R. Begley , C. C. Hayward , P. N. Best

We determine the importance of redshift-dependent systematic effects in the determination of stellar masses from broad band spectral energy distributions (SEDs), using high quality kinematic and photometric data of early-type galaxies at…

We seek to improve the accuracy of joint galaxy photometric redshift estimation and spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting. By simulating different sources of uncorrected systematic errors, we demonstrate that if the uncertainties on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Viviana Acquaviva , Anand Raichoor , Eric Gawiser

The purpose of this letter is to compare the quality of different methods for estimating stellar masses of galaxies. We compare the results of (a) fitting stellar population synthesis models to broad band colors from SDSS and 2MASS, (b) the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Drory , R. Bender , U. Hopp

The estimated stellar masses of galaxies are widely used to characterize how the galaxy population evolves over cosmic time. If stellar masses can be estimated in a robust manner, free from any bias, global diagnostics such as the stellar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 P. D. Mitchell , C. G. Lacey , C. M. Baugh , S. Cole

The spectral energy distribution (SED) of galaxies is essential for deriving fundamental properties like stellar mass and star formation history (SFH). However, conventional methods, including both parametric and non-parametric approaches,…

We present a new tool for the photometric estimate of stellar masses in distant galaxies. The observed SEDs are fitted by combining single stellar populations, with different SFRs and amounts of dust extinction. This approach gives us the…

We use mock images of $z=0.1$ galaxies in the 100 Mpc EAGLE simulation to establish the differences between the sizes and morphologies inferred from the stellar mass distributions and the optical light distributions. The optical, $r$-band…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-15 Anna de Graaff , James Trayford , Marijn Franx , Matthieu Schaller , Joop Schaye , Arjen van der Wel

The forthcoming CSST wide-field multiband imaging survey will produce seven-band photometric spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for billions of galaxies. The effective extraction of astronomical information from these massive datasets of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-26 Yunkun Han , Lulu Fan , XianZhong Zheng , Jin-Ming Bai , Zhanwen Han

Numerous high-$z$ galaxies have recently been observed with JWST, providing new insights into early galaxy evolution. Their physical properties are typically derived through spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting, but the reliability of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-25 Jiyoung Choe , Taysun Kimm , Harley Katz , Maxime Rey , Daniel Han , J. K. Jang , Joki Rosdahl

We test whether we can predict optical spectra from deep-field photometry of distant galaxies. Our goal is to perform a comparison in data space, highlighting the differences between predicted and observed spectra. The Large Early Galaxy…

(Abridged) In a recent work we explored the dependence of galaxy stellar population properties derived from broad-band spectral energy distribution fitting on the fitting parameters, e.g. SFHs, age grid, metallicity, IMF, dust reddening,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Janine Pforr , Claudia Maraston , Chiara Tonini
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