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Photometric redshift estimation is an indispensable tool of precision cosmology. One problem that plagues the use of this tool in the era of large-scale sky surveys is that the bright galaxies that are selected for spectroscopic observation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-18 Peter E. Freeman , Rafael Izbicki , Ann B. Lee

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

Although starburst galaxies have relatively flat spectral energy distributions, their strong optical emission lines and near-UV continua make it very feasible to estimate their redshifts photometrically. In this work, I describe a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles T. Liu

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

Weak lensing surveys are reaching sensitivities at which uncertainties in the galaxy redshift distributions n(z) from photo-z errors degrade cosmological constraints. We use ray-tracing simulations and a simple treatment of photo-z errors…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 Matthew W. Abruzzo , Zoltán Haiman

We tested the performance of photometric redshifts for galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep field down to 30th magnitude. We compared photometric redshift estimates from three spectral fitting codes from the literature (EAZY, BPZ and BEAGLE)…

The cosmological redshift of a galaxy's light is inferable from its observable properties in images. Because imaging is much easier to acquire than spectroscopic observations that would allow the identification of distinct line features,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-11 Luca Tortorelli , Daniel Grün

We present ZEBRA, the Zurich Extragalactic Bayesian Redshift Analyzer. The current version of ZEBRA combines and extends several of the classical approaches to produce accurate photometric redshifts down to faint magnitudes. In particular,…

The current role of data-driven science is constantly increasing its importance within Astrophysics, due to the huge amount of multi-wavelength data collected every day, characterized by complex and high-volume information requiring…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-15 Massimo Brescia , Stefano Cavuoti , Oleksandra Razim , Valeria Amaro , Giuseppe Riccio , Giuseppe Longo

The PAU Survey (PAUS) is an innovative photometric survey with 40 narrow bands at the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). The narrow bands are spaced at 100\AA\ intervals covering the range 4500\AA\ to 8500\AA\ and, in combination with…

In this paper, we address the problem of spectroscopic redshift estimation in Astronomy. Due to the expansion of the Universe, galaxies recede from each other on average. This movement causes the emitted electromagnetic waves to shift from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-27 Radamanthys Stivaktakis , Grigorios Tsagkatakis , Bruno Moraes , Filipe Abdalla , Jean-Luc Starck , Panagiotis Tsakalides

Several papers have recently highlighted the possibility of measuring redshift space distortions from angular auto-correlations of galaxies in photometric redshift bins. In this work we extend this idea to include as observables the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-10 Jacobo Asorey , Martin Crocce , Enrique Gaztanaga

Photometric redshifts (photo-z) are crucial to the scientific exploitation of modern panchromatic digital surveys. In this paper we present PhotoRApToR (Photometric Research Application To Redshift): a Java/C++ based desktop application…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-31 Stefano Cavuoti , Massimo Brescia , Virgilio De Stefano , Giuseppe Longo

We explore the enhanced self-calibration of photometric galaxy redshift distributions, $n(z)$, through the combination of up to six two-point functions. Our $\rm 3\times2pt$ configuration is comprised of photometric shear, spectroscopic…

Accurate photometric redshift (photo-$z$) estimation is a key challenge in cosmology, as uncertainties in photo-$z$ directly limit the scientific return of large-scale structure and weak lensing studies, especially in upcoming Stage IV…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-10 Yiming Ren , Kwan Chuen Chan , Le Zhang , Yin Li , Haolin Zhang , Ruiyu Song , Yan Gong , Xian-Min Meng , Xingchen Zhou

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

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…

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

Over the years, photometric redshift estimation (photo-z) has advanced through various methods. This study evaluates four distinct photo-z estimators-ANNz2, BPZ, ENF, and DNF-using the Dark Energy Survey Y3 BAO Sample. Unlike most studies,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-08 Paula S. Ferreira , Ribamar R. R. Reis

Stage IV cosmological surveys will map the universe with unprecedented precision, reducing statistical uncertainties to levels where unmodelled systematics can significantly bias inference. In particular, photometric redshift (photo-z)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-11 Carolyn McDonald Mill , C. Danielle Leonard , Markus Michael Rau , Cora Uhlemann , Shahab Joudaki