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We determine the accuracy of galaxy redshift distributions as estimated from photometric redshift probability distributions $p(z)$. Our method utilises measurements of the angular cross-correlation between photometric galaxies and an…

We present the calibration of the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES Y3) weak lensing source galaxy redshift distributions $n(z)$ from clustering measurements. In particular, we cross-correlate the weak lensing (WL) source galaxies sample with…

We present redshift probability distributions for galaxies in the SDSS DR8 imaging data. We used the nearest-neighbor weighting algorithm presented in Lima et al. 2008 and Cunha et al. 2009 to derive the ensemble redshift distribution N(z),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Erin S. Sheldon , Carlos Cunha , Rachel Mandelbaum , J. Brinkmann , Benjamin A. Weaver

Determining the distribution of redshifts for galaxies in wide-field photometric surveys is essential for robust cosmological studies of weak gravitational lensing. We present the methodology, calibrated redshift distributions, and…

We present the first results of our application of photometric redshifts to the study of galaxy populations in high-redshift clusters. For this survey, we are examining a sample of galaxy clusters at z > 0.6 which have already been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. M. Lubin , R. J. Brunner

The accurate determination of the true redshift distributions in tomographic bins is critical for cosmological constraints from photometric surveys. The proposed redshift self-calibration method, which utilizes the photometric galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-10 Hui Peng , Yu Yu

We present photometric redshift estimates for galaxies used in the weak lensing analysis of the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification (DES SV) data. Four model- or machine learning-based photometric redshift methods -- ANNZ2, BPZ…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 C. Bonnett , M. A. Troxel , W. Hartley , A. Amara , B. Leistedt , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , S. Bridle , C. Bruderer , M. T. Busha , M. Carrasco Kind , M. J. Childress , F. J. Castander , C. Chang , M. Crocce , T. M. Davis , T. F. Eifler , J. Frieman , C. Gangkofner , E. Gaztanaga , K. Glazebrook , D. Gruen , T. Kacprzak , A. King , J. Kwan , O. Lahav , G. Lewis , C. Lidman , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , R. Miquel , C. R. O'Neill , A. Palmese , H. V. Peiris , A. Refregier , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , I. Sadeh , C. Sánchez , E. Sheldon , S. Uddin , R. H. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , R. Armstrong , M. Banerji , A. H. Bauer , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , A. Fausti Neto , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , K. Honscheid , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , A. G. Kim , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , C. J. Miller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , K. Reil , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker

We perform an analysis of photometric redshifts estimated by using a non-representative training sets in magnitude space. We use the ANNz2 and GPz algorithms to estimate the photometric redshift both in simulations as well as in real data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-12 J. D. Rivera , B. Moraes , A. I. Merson , S. Jouvel , F. B. Abdalla , M. C. B Abdalla

We use simulations to demonstrate that photometric redshift "errors" can be greatly reduced by using the photometric redshift probability distribution p(z) rather than a one-point estimate such as the most likely redshift. In principle this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-03 D. Wittman

Our view of the low-redshift Cosmic Web has been revolutionized by galaxy redshift surveys such as 6dFGS, SDSS and 2MRS. However, the trade-off between depth and angular coverage limits a systematic three-dimensional account of the entire…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-20 Maciej Bilicki , John A. Peacock , Thomas H. Jarrett , Michelle E. Cluver , Louise Steward

This paper presents the identification of galaxy clusters from the photometric redshift catalog based on three imaging surveys of SCUSS, SDSS, and unWISE. By applying a fast clustering algorithm, we obtain a total of 19,610 clusters in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-22 Jinghua Gao , Hu Zou , Xu Zhou , Xu Kong

Four large-area Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) experiments -- APEX-SZ, SPT, ACT, and Planck -- promise to detect clusters of galaxies through the distortion of Cosmic Microwave Background photons by hot (> 10^6 K) cluster gas (the SZ effect) over…

A method for estimating redshifts of galaxy clusters based solely on resolved Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) images is proposed. Given a high resolution SZ cluster image (with FWHM of approx. 1 arcmin), the method indirectly measures its structure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 Bjoern Malte Schaefer , Christoph Pfrommer , Saleem Zaroubi

We discuss an algorithm whereby the massive galaxy clusters detected in the SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey are identified and their photometric redshifts are estimated. For this purpose, we use photometric redshift estimates for galaxies and…

Accurate estimation of photometric redshifts (photo-$z$) is crucial in studies of both galaxy evolution and cosmology using current and future large sky surveys. In this study, we employ Random Forest (RF), a machine learning algorithm, to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Junhao Lu , Zhijian Luo , Zhu Chen , Liping Fu , Wei Du , Yan Gong , Yicheng Li , Xian-Min Meng , Zhirui Tang , Shaohua Zhang , Chenggang Shu , Xingchen Zhou , Zuhui Fan

Measuring the evolution in the clustering of galaxies over a large redshift range is a challenging problem. We have developed a new technique which uses photometric redshifts to measure the angular correlation function in redshift shells.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert J. Brunner , Alex S. Szalay , Andrew J. Connolly

We present measurements of the redshift-dependent clustering of a DESI-like luminous red galaxy (LRG) sample selected from the Legacy Survey imaging dataset, and use the halo occupation distribution (HOD) framework to fit the clustering…

One of the $\textit{Euclid}$ mission's key projects is the so-called 3$\times$2pt analysis, that is, the combination of cosmic shear, photometric galaxy clustering, and galaxy-galaxy lensing. Although $\textit{Euclid}$ has established…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 Euclid Collaboration , K. A. Bertmann , A. Porredon , V. Duret , J. Fonseca , H. Hildebrandt , I. Tutusaus , S. Camera , S. Escoffier , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , H. Hoekstra , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , 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 , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. J. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , E. Sefusatti , G. Seidel , E. Sihvola , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Spurio Mancini , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , E. Zucca , M. Ballardini , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , M. Calabrese , A. Cappi , T. Castro , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , J. Macias-Perez , R. Maoli , J. Martín-Fleitas , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , P. Monaco , A. A. Nucita , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Tucci , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , G. Angora , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , L. Bazzanini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , F. Beutler , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , M. Bonici , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , F. Cogato , S. Conseil , A. R. Cooray , S. Davini , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , M. Y. Elkhashab , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. G. Ferrari , A. Finoguenov , F. Fontanot , A. Franco , K. Ganga , T. Gasparetto , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gruppuso , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , J. Hjorth , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , M. Lattanzi , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , M. Magliocchetti , A. Manjón-García , F. Mannucci , C. J. A. P. Martins , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , A. Montoro , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , G. W. Pratt , S. Quai , M. Radovich , K. Rojas , W. Roster , S. Sacquegna , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , F. Tarsitano , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , S. Vinciguerra , N. A. Walton , A. H. Wright

We describe the implementation of the PhotoZ code in the framework of the Astro-WISE package and as part of the Photometric Classification Server of the PanSTARRS pipeline. Both systems allow the automatic measurement of photometric…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 R. P. Saglia , J. Snigula , R. Senger , R. Bender