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Fitting the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies is an almost universally used technique that has matured significantly in the last decade. Model predictions and fitting procedures have improved significantly over this time,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 C. J. Walcher , B. Groves , T. Budavari , D. Dale

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

Interpreting galaxy properties from astronomical surveys relies heavily on spectral energy distribution (SED) modelling, yet uncertainties in key model ingredients are often overlooked. By leveraging a $z\sim0$ galaxy sample from the EAGLE…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-04 Gareth T. Jones , Conor M. Byrne , Elizabeth R. Stanway

Fitting the multi-wavelength spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies is a widely used technique to extract information about the physical properties of galaxies. However, a major difficulty lies in the numerous uncertainties…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-17 Yunkun Han , Zhanwen Han , Lulu Fan

Traditional spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting codes used to derive galaxy physical properties are often uncertain at the factor of a few level owing to uncertainties in galaxy star formation histories and dust attenuation curves.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-04 Sankalp Gilda , Sidney Lower , Desika Narayanan

Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) fitting is a well-developed astrophysical tool that has recently been applied to high-redshift Lyman Alpha-emitting galaxies. If rest-frame ultraviolet through near-infrared photometry is available, it…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Eric Gawiser

Derivation of physical properties of galaxies using spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting is a powerful method, but can suffer from various systematics arising from model assumptions. Previously, such biases were mostly studied in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-27 Katherine Zine , Samir Salim

The primary method for inferring the stellar mass ($M_*$) of a galaxy is through spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling. However, the technique rests on assumptions such as the galaxy star formation history and dust attenuation law…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-24 Sidney Lower , Desika Narayanan , Joel Leja , Benjamin D. Johnson , Charlie Conroy , Romeel Davé

The next generation of spectroscopic surveys will have a wealth of photometric data available for use in target selection. Selecting the best targets is likely to be one of the most important hurdles in making these spectroscopic campaigns…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. Jouvel , F. B. Abdalla , O. Lahav , D. Kirk , H. Lin , J. Annis , R. Kron , J. A. Frieman

We present the general purpose spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting tool SED Analysis Through Markov Chains (SATMC). Utilizing Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) algorithms, SATMC fits an observed SED to SED templates or models of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-19 S. P. Johnson , G. W. Wilson , Y. Tang , K. S. Scott

Measuring the physical properties of galaxies such as redshift frequently requires the use of Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs). SED template sets are, however, often small in number and cover limited portions of photometric color space.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 J. Bryce Kalmbach , Andrew J. Connolly

We present a detailed comparison of two approaches, the use of a pre-calculated database and simulated annealing (SA), for fitting the continuum spectral energy distribution (SED) of astrophysical objects whose appearance is dominated by…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Yao Liu , David Madlener , Sebastian Wolf , Hongchi Wang

This paper describes SEDfit, the earliest --- but continually upgraded --- software package for spectral energy distribution fitting (SED fitting) of high-redshift photometric data, and the only one to properly treat non-detections. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Marcin Sawicki

The cosmological exploitation of modern photometric galaxy surveys requires both accurate (unbiased) and precise (narrow) redshift probability distributions derived from broadband photometry. Existing methodologies do not meet those…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Boris Leistedt , David W. Hogg , Risa H. Wechsler , Joe DeRose

Traditional spectral energy distribution (SED)-fitting methods for stellar mass estimation face persistent challenges including systematic biases and computational constraints. We present a controlled comparison of machine learning (ML) and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-03 Vahid Asadi , Akram Hasani Zonoozi , Hosein Haghi

Recent works have suggested that energy balance spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting codes may be of limited use for studying high-redshift galaxies for which the observed ultraviolet and far-infrared emission are offset (spatially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-18 P. Haskell , D. J. B. Smith , R. K. Cochrane , C. C. Hayward , D. Anglés-Alcázar

In this contribution, I review the applications and potential limitations of the spectral energy distribution fitting tool that I have developed, with a strong emphasis on the limits to which this tool can be used to improve our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-29 Thomas P. Robitaille

(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

The Spitzer Extended Deep Survey (SEDS) as a deep and wide mid-infrared (MIR) survey project provides a sample of 500000+ sources spreading 1.46 square degree and a depth of 26 AB mag (3$\sigma$). Combining with the previous available data,…

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