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We present a comparison between the published optical, IR and CO spectroscopic redshifts of 15 (sub-)mm galaxies and their photometric redshifts as derived from long-wavelength (radio-mm-FIR) photometric data. The redshift accuracy measured…

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We present a comparison between the published optical, IR and CO spectroscopic redshifts of 86 (sub-)mm galaxies and their photometric redshifts as derived from long-wavelength radio-mm-FIR photometric data. The redshift accuracy measured…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Itziar Aretxaga , David H. Hughes , James S. Dunlop

A new method is developed for estimating photometric redshifts, using realistic template SEDs, extending over four decades in wavelength (i.e from 0.05 $\mu m$ to 1 mm). The SEDs are constructed for four different spectral types of galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Mobasher , P. Mazzei

We present a new algorithm to estimate quasar photometric redshifts (photo-$z$s), by considering the asymmetries in the relative flux distributions of quasars. The relative flux models are built with multivariate Skew-t distributions in the…

We present a study of photometric redshift accuracy in the 3D-HST photometric catalogs, using 3D-HST grism redshifts to quantify and dissect trends in redshift accuracy for galaxies brighter than $H_{F140W}<24$ with an unprecedented and…

The K20 survey is a near infrared-selected, deep (Ks < 20) redshift survey targeting galaxies in two independent regions of the sky, the CDFS and the q0055-2659 field. The total Ks-selected sample includes 545 objects. Optical spectra for…

We present deep near-infrared JHK imaging of four 10'x10' fields. The observations were carried out as part of the Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC) with ISPI on the CTIO 4m telescope. The typical point source limiting depths are…

Obtaining reliable, matched photometry for galaxies imaged by different observatories represents a key challenge in the era of wide-field surveys spanning more than several hundred square degrees. Methods such as flux fitting, profile…

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We have revised the SWIRE Photometric Redshift Catalogue to take account of new optical photometry in several of the SWIRE areas, and incorporating 2MASS and UKIDSS near infrared data. Aperture matching is an important issue for combining…

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The Complete Calibration of the Colour-Redshift Relation survey (C3R2) is a spectroscopic effort involving ESO and Keck facilities designed to empirically calibrate the galaxy colour-redshift relation - P(z|C) to the Euclid depth…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-03 Euclid Collaboration , V. Guglielmo , R. Saglia , F. J. Castander , A. Galametz , S. Paltani , R. Bender , M. Bolzonella , P. Capak , O. Ilbert , D. C. Masters , D. Stern , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , A. Balaguera-Antolínez , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Biviano , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Bozzo , E. Branchini , S. Brau-Nogue , M. Brescia , C. Burigana , R. A. Cabanac , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , A. Cappi , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , C. S. Carvalho , R. Casas , S. Casas , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , A. Costille , J. Coupon , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , S. de la Torre , D. Di Ferdinando , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , M. Fabricius , S. Farrens , P. G. Ferreira , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , G. Gozaliasl , J. Graciá-Carpio , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , H. Hildebrandt , H. Hoekstra , F. Hormuth , H. Israel , K. Jahnke , E. Keihanen , S. Kermiche , M. Kilbinger , C. C. Kirkpatrick , T. Kitching , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , R. Laureijs , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , C. Maraston , O. Marggraf , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Meneghetti , R. Benton Metcalf , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. Niemi , A. A. Nucita , C. Padilla , F. Pasian , L. Patrizii , A. Pocino , M. Poncet , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , A. G. Sanchez , D. Sapone , P. Schneider , V. Scottez , A. Secroun , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , F. Sureau , P. Tallada-Crespi , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , M. Tenti , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , A. Tramacere , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , Y. Wang , N. Welikala , M. Wetzstein , L. Whittaker , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca

We present and compare in this paper new photometric redshift catalogs of the galaxies in three public fields: the NTT Deep Field, the HDF-N and the HDF-S. Photometric redshifts have been obtained for thewhole sample, by adopting a $\chi^2$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Fontana , S. D'Odorico , F. Poli , E. Giallongo , S. Arnouts , S. Cristiani , A. Moorwood , P. Saracco

We present improved methods for using stars found in astronomical exposures to calibrate both star and galaxy colors as well as to adjust the instrument flat field. By developing a spectroscopic model for the SDSS stellar locus in…

We present optical spectroscopic follow-up of a sample of Distant Red Galaxies (DRGs) with K < 22.5 (Vega), selected by J-K > 2.3, in the Hubble Deep Field South, the MS 1054-03 field, and the Chandra Deep Field South. Spectroscopic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Stijn Wuyts , Pieter G. van Dokkum , Marijn Franx , Natascha M. Forster Schreiber , Garth D. Illingworth , Ivo Labbe , Gregory Rudnick

We use N-body-spectro-photometric simulations to investigate the impact of incompleteness and incorrect redshifts in spectroscopic surveys to photometric redshift training and calibration and the resulting effects on cosmological parameter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-03 Carlos E. Cunha , Dragan Huterer , Huan Lin , Michael T. Busha , Risa H. Wechsler

The recently initiated SPHEREx and 7DS surveys will deliver low-resolution spectra ($R\approx 30-130$) for hundreds of millions of galaxies over the optical to near-infrared range ($0.4-5.0\mu m$), covering a wide sky area without sample…

We investigate the impact of photometric signal-to-noise (S/N) on the precision of photometric redshifts in multi-band imaging surveys, using both simulations and real data. We simulate the optical 4-band (BVRz) Deep Lens Survey (DLS,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. E. Margoniner , D. M. Wittman

We report new improved photometric redshifts of 1048 galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field (HDF). A standard chi^2 minimizing method is applied to seven-color UBVIJHK photometry by Fernandez-Soto, Lanzetta, & Yahil (1999). We use 187 template…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hisanori Furusawa , Kazuhiro Shimasaku , Mamoru Doi , Sadanori Okamura

I describe the principle of using the 1.6um H- spectral feature as a photometric redshift indicator and demonstrate that the technique holds promise by successfully recovering the redshifts of a small sample of z=0-1 galaxies using only…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Marcin Sawicki

Accurate photometric redshift (photo-$z$) estimates are essential to the cosmological science goals of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). In this work we use simulated photometry for mock galaxy catalogs…