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The W-CDF-S and ELAIS-S1 fields will be two of the LSST Deep Drilling fields, but the availability of spectroscopic redshifts within these two fields is still limited on deg^2 scales. To prepare for future science, we use EAZY to estimate…

Photometric redshifts (photo-$z$'s) are crucial for the cosmology, galaxy evolution, and transient science drivers of next-generation imaging facilities like the Euclid Mission, the Rubin Observatory, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-03 Emma R. Moran , Brett H. Andrews , Jeffrey A. Newman , Biprateep Dey

Photometric redshifts are estimated on the basis of template scenarios with the help of the code ZPEG, an extension of the galaxy evolution model PEGASE.2 and available on the PEGASE web site. The spectral energy distribution (SED)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Damien Le Borgne , Brigitte Rocca-Volmerange

Precision photometric redshifts will be essential for extracting cosmological parameters from the next generation of wide-area imaging surveys. In this paper we introduce a photometric redshift algorithm, ArborZ, based on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-06 David W. Gerdes , Adam J. Sypniewski , Timothy A. McKay , Jiangang Hao , Matthew R. Weis , Risa H. Wechsler , Michael T. Busha

We present photometric redshifts for 1 341 559 galaxies from the Physics of the Accelerating Universe Survey (PAUS) over 50.38 ${\rm deg}^{2}$ of sky to $i_{\rm AB}=23$. Redshift estimation is performed using DEEPz, a deep-learning…

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

Three-dimensional wide-field galaxy surveys are fundamental for cosmological studies. For higher redshifts (z > 1.0), where galaxies are too faint, quasars still trace the large-scale structure of the Universe. Since available telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Sándor Kunsági-Máté , Róbert Beck , István Szapudi , István Csabai

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…

Obtaining accurate photometric redshift estimations is an important aspect of cosmology, remaining a prerequisite of many analyses. In creating novel methods to produce redshift estimations, there has been a shift towards using machine…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 Ben Henghes , Connor Pettitt , Jeyan Thiyagalingam , Tony Hey , Ofer Lahav

We use N-body/photometric galaxy simulations to examine the impact of sample variance of spectroscopic redshift samples on the accuracy of photometric redshift (photo-z) determination and calibration of photo-z errors. We estimate the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-02 Carlos E. Cunha , Dragan Huterer , Michael T. Busha , Risa H. Wechsler

The technique of photometric redshifts has become essential for the exploitation of multi-band extragalactic surveys. While the requirements on photo-zs for the study of galaxy evolution mostly pertain to the precision and to the fraction…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-17 Euclid Collaboration , Stéphane Paltani , J. Coupon , W. G. Hartley , A. Alvarez-Ayllon , F. Dubath , J. J. Mohr , M. Schirmer , J. -C. Cuillandre , G. Desprez , O. Ilbert , K. Kuijken , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , R. Bender , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , S. V. Haugan , H. Hoekstra , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Kümmel , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , S. -M. Niemi , J. Nightingale , C. Padilla , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , J. -L. Starck , C. Surace , P. Tallada-Crespí , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , Y. Wang , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , S. Andreon , H. Aussel , S. Bardelli , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , D. Di Ferdinando , M. Farina , J. Graciá-Carpio , V. Lindholm , D. Maino , N. Mauri , C. Neissner , V. Scottez , E. Zucca , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. Biviano , A. Blanchard , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , G. Castignani , K. Chambers , A. R. Cooray , H. M. Courtois , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , J. A. Escartin , S. Escoffier , F. Finelli , S. Fotopoulou , K. Ganga , K. George , G. Gozaliasl , H. Hildebrandt , I. Hook , A. Jimenez Muñoz , B. Joachimi , V. Kansal , E. Keihanen , C. C. Kirkpatrick , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , M. Magliocchetti , R. Maoli , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , R. B. Metcalf , P. Monaco , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , A. A. Nucita , L. Patrizii , J. E. Pollack , V. Popa , C. Porciani , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , L. Pozzetti , M. Pöntinen , P. Reimberg , A. G. Sánchez , Z. Sakr , E. Sefusatti , M. Sereno , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , J. Steinwagner , R. Teyssier , C. Valieri , J. Valiviita , S. E. van Mierlo , A. Veropalumbo , M. Viel , J. R. Weaver

Due to the necessity to evaluate photo-z for a variety of huge sky survey data sets, it seemed important to provide the astronomical community with an instrument able to fill this gap. Besides the problem of moving massive data sets over…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-18 Stefano Cavuoti , Massimo Brescia , Virgilio De Stefano , Giuseppe Longo

Around $10^5$ strongly lensed galaxies are expected to be discovered with Euclid and the LSST. Utilising these large samples to study the inner structure of lens galaxies requires source redshifts, to turn lens models into mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Danial Langeroodi , Alessandro Sonnenfeld , Henk Hoekstra , Adriano Agnello

Accurate redshift measurements are essential for studying the evolution of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) and their role in cosmic structure formation. While spectroscopic redshifts provide high precision, they are impractical for the vast…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-08 Jeremy P. Moss , Stephen J. Curran , Yvette C. Perrott

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

This work is part of a series establishing the redshift framework for the $3\times2$pt analysis of the Dark Energy Survey Year 6 (DES Y6). For DES Y6, photometric redshift distributions are estimated using self-organizing maps (SOMs),…

Evaluating the accuracy and calibration of the redshift posteriors produced by photometric redshift (photo-z) estimators is vital for enabling precision cosmology and extragalactic astrophysics with modern wide-field photometric surveys.…

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a 5000 sq deg griz imaging survey to be conducted using a proposed 3 sq deg (2.2deg-diameter) wide-field mosaic camera on the CTIO Blanco 4m telescope. The primary scientific goal of the DES is to constrain…

Photometric redshifts are a key tool to extract as much information as possible from planned cosmic shear experiments. In this work we aim to test the performances that can be achieved with observations in the near-infrared from space and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Fabio Bellagamba , Massimo Meneghetti , Lauro Moscardini , Micol Bolzonella

The ability to constrain dark energy from the evolution of galaxy cluster counts is limited by the imperfect knowledge of cluster redshifts. Ongoing and upcoming surveys will mostly rely on redshifts estimated from broad-band photometry…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Marcos Lima , Wayne Hu
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