The COSMOS2015 catalog Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Laigle C.
  2. McCracken H.J.
  3. Ilbert O.
  4. Hsieh B.C.
  5. Davidzon I.
  6. Capak P.,Hasinger G.
  7. Silverman J.D.
  8. Pichon C.
  9. Coupon J.
  10. Aussel H.
  11. Le Borgne D.,Caputi K.
  12. Cassata P.
  13. Chang Y.-Y.
  14. Civano F.
  15. Dunlop J.
  16. Fynbo J.,Kartaltepe J.S.
  17. Koekemoer A.
  18. Le Fevre O.
  19. Le Floc'h E.
  20. Leauthaud A.,Lilly S.
  21. Lin L.
  22. Marchesi S.
  23. Milvang-Jensen B.
  24. Salvato M.
  25. Sanders D.B.,Scoville N.
  26. Smolcic V.
  27. Stockmann M.
  28. Taniguchi Y.
  29. Tasca L.
  30. Toft S.,Vaccari M.
  31. Zabl J.
  32. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the COSMOS2015 catalog, which contains precise photometric redshifts and stellar masses for more than half a million objects over the 2deg^2^ COSMOS field. Including new YJHKs images from the UltraVISTA-DR2 survey, Y-band images from Subaru/Hyper-Suprime-Cam, and infrared data from the Spitzer Large Area Survey with the Hyper-Suprime-Cam (SPLASH) Spitzer legacy program, this near-infrared-selected catalog is highly optimized for the study of galaxy evolution and environments in the early universe. To maximize catalog completeness for bluer objects and at higher redshifts, objects have been detected on a {chi}^2^ sum of the YJHKs and z^++^ images. The catalog contains ~6x10^5^ objects in the 1.5deg^2^ UltraVISTA-DR2 region and ~1.5x10^5^ objects are detected in the "ultra-deep stripes" (0.62deg^2^) at Ks<=24.7 (3{sigma}, 3", AB (AB) magnitude). Through a comparison with the zCOSMOS-bright spectroscopic redshifts, we measure a photometric redshift precision of {sigma}_{Delta}z/(1+zs)_=0.007 and a catastrophic failure fraction of {eta}=0.5%. At 3<z<6 , using the unique database of spectroscopic redshifts in COSMOS, we find {sigma}_{Delta}z/(1+zs)_=0.021 and {eta}=13.2% . The deepest regions reach a 90% completeness limit of 10^10^M_{sun}_ to z=4. Detailed comparisons of the color distributions, number counts, and clustering show excellent agreement with the literature in the same mass ranges. COSMOS2015 represents a unique, publicly available, valuable resource with which to investigate the evolution of galaxies within their environment back to the earliest stages of the history of the universe.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. catalogs
  3. infrared-photometry
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. Wide-band photometry
  6. ultraviolet-photometry
  7. radio-sources
  8. x-ray-sources
  9. astronomical-object-identification
  10. redshifted
  11. stellar-masses
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2016ApJS..224...24L
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/224/24
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/224/24
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22240024

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/224/24
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/224/24
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/224/24
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http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/224/24/cosmos2015?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/224/24/cosmos2015?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/224/24/cosmos2015?

History

2019-01-28T15:44:40Z
Resource record created
2019-01-28T15:44:40Z
Created
2022-07-08T18:02:26Z
Updated

Contact

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CDS support team
Postal Address
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E-Mail
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