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We explore the accuracy of the clustering-based redshift inference within the MICE2 simulation. This method uses the spatial clustering of galaxies between a spectroscopic reference sample and an unknown sample. The goal of this study is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 V. Scottez , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. Coupon , O. Ilbert , Y. Mellier

We extend existing methods for using cross-correlations to derive redshift distributions for photometric galaxies, without using photometric redshifts. The model presented in this paper simultaneously yields highly accurate and unbiased…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-07 Marcel P. van Daalen , Martin White

We present a photometric redshift (photo-$z$) estimation technique for galaxies in the P\lowercase{an}-STARRS1 (PS1) $3\pi $ survey. Specifically, we train and test a regression and a classification Random-Forest (RF) models using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-28 A. Baldeschi , M. Stroh , R. Margutti , T. Laskar , A. Miller

We use numerical simulations to characterize the performance of a clustering-based method to calibrate photometric redshift biases. In particular, we cross-correlate the weak lensing (WL) source galaxies from the Dark Energy Survey Year 1…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 M. Gatti , P. Vielzeuf , C. Davis , R. Cawthon , M. M. Rau , J. DeRose , J. De Vicente , A. Alarcon , E. Rozo , E. Gaztanaga , B. Hoyle , R. Miquel , G. M. Bernstein , C. Bonnett , A. Carnero Rosell , F. J. Castander , C. Chang , L. N. da Costa , D. Gruen , J. Gschwend , W. G. Hartley , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Roodman , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. A. Troxel , R. H. Wechsler , J. Asorey , T. M. Davis , K. Glazebrook , S. R. Hinton , G. Lewis , C. Lidman , E. Macaulay , A. Möller , C. R. O'Neill , N. E. Sommer , S. A. Uddin , F. Yuan , B. Zhang , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , J. Annis , K. Bechtol , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. W. Gerdes , D. A. Goldstein , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , J. K. Hoormann , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. Lima , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , A. A. Plazas , K. Reil , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , E. Sheldon , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , J. Weller , W. Wester , R. C. Wolf

Photometric redshift (photo-z) is a fundamental parameter for multi-wavelength photometric surveys, while galaxy clusters are important cosmological probers and ideal objects for exploring the dense environmental impact on galaxy evolution.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-01 Hu Zou , Jipeng Sui , Suijian Xue , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhimin Zhou , Jundan Nie , Tianmeng Zhang , Lu Feng , Zhixia Shen , Jiali Wang

We present a new method to marginalize over uncertainties in redshift distributions, $N(z)$, within tomographic cosmological analyses applicable to current and upcoming photometric galaxy surveys. We allow for arbitrary deviations from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Boryana Hadzhiyska , David Alonso , Andrina Nicola , Anže Slosar

Key cosmological applications require the three-dimensional galaxy distribution on the entire celestial sphere. These include measuring the gravitational pull on the Local Group, estimating the large-scale bulk flow and testing the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 Maciej Bilicki , Thomas H. Jarrett , John A. Peacock , Michelle E. Cluver , Louise Steward

Wide-area imaging surveys are one of the key ways of advancing our understanding of cosmology, galaxy formation physics, and the large-scale structure of the Universe in the coming years. These surveys typically require calculating…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 P. W. Hatfield , I. A. Almosallam , M. J. Jarvis , N. Adams , R. A. A. Bowler , Z. Gomes , S. J. Roberts , C. Schreiber

Photometric redshifts (photo-z's) are fundamental in galaxy surveys to address different topics, from gravitational lensing and dark matter distribution to galaxy evolution. The Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS), i.e. the ESO public survey on the…

In the era of large sky surveys, photometric redshifts (photo-z) represent crucial information for galaxy evolution and cosmology studies. In this work, we propose a new Machine Learning (ML) tool called Galaxy morphoto-Z with neural…

Improving distance measurements in large imaging surveys is a major challenge to better reveal the distribution of galaxies on a large scale and to link galaxy properties with their environments. Photometric redshifts can be efficiently…

Determining accurate redshift distributions for very large samples of objects has become increasingly important in cosmology. We investigate the impact of extending cross-correlation based redshift distribution recovery methods to include…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Samuel Schmidt , Brice Ménard , Ryan Scranton , Christopher Morrison , Cameron McBride

We present a method, PhotoWeb, for estimating photometric redshifts of individual galaxies, and their equivalent distance, with megaparsec and even sub-megaparsec accuracy using the Cosmic Web as a constraint over photo-z estimates.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 Miguel A. Aragon-Calvo , Rien van de Weygaert , Bernard J. T. Jones , Bahram Mobasher

A trustworthy estimate of the redshift distribution $n(z)$ is crucial for using weak gravitational lensing and large-scale structure of galaxy catalogs to study cosmology. Spectroscopic redshifts for the dim and numerous galaxies of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-27 Alex I. Malz , David W. Hogg

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) provides a large and deep photometric catalog of galaxies in the $z'$ and $R_c$ bands for ~90 square degrees of sky, and supplemental $V$ and $B$ data have been obtained for 33.6 deg$^{2}$. We compile a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. C. Hsieh , H. K. C. Yee , H. Lin , M. D. Gladders

This paper reports the results obtained on the photometric redshifts measurement and accuracy, and cluster tomography in the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS) fields. Photometric redshifts were computed using two independent codes (Hyperz…

Aims: The precision of cosmological constraints from imaging surveys hinges on accurately estimating the redshift distribution $ n(z) $ of tomographic bins, especially their mean redshifts. We assess the effectiveness of the clustering…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-28 W. d'Assignies , M. Manera , C. Padilla , O. Ilbert , H. Hildebrandt , L. Reynolds , J. Chaves-Montero , A. H. Wright , P. Tallada-Crespí , M. Eriksen , J. Carretero , W. Roster , Y. Kang , K. Naidoo , R. Miquel , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , D. Bagot , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Crocce , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , S. de la Torre , G. De Lucia , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , A. Ealet , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , A. M. C. Le Brun , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , J. A. Schewtschenko , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , E. Sefusatti , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Spurio Mancini , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , A. Tsyganov , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca , M. Bolzonella , C. Burigana , L. Gabarra , J. Martín-Fleitas , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Viel

We describe a new method for measuring the true redshift distribution of any set of objects studied only photometrically. The angular cross-correlation between objects in a photometric sample with objects in some spectroscopic sample as a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jeffrey A. Newman

We discuss a method to build up and study a sample of distant galaxies, with 2<z<5, using the gravitational amplification effect in cluster-lenses for which the mass distribution is well known. The candidates are selected close to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. Pello , J. P. Kneib , G. Bruzual , J. M. Miralles