Improved multi-band photometry from SERVS Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Nyland K.
  2. Lacy M.
  3. Sajina A.
  4. Pforr J.
  5. Farrah D.
  6. Wilson G.
  7. Surace J.,Haussler B.
  8. Vaccari M.
  9. Jarvis M.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We apply The Tractor image modeling code to improve upon existing multi-band photometry for the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS). SERVS consists of post-cryogenic Spitzer observations at 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m over five well-studied deep fields spanning 18deg^2^. In concert with data from ground-based near-infrared (NIR) and optical surveys, SERVS aims to provide a census of the properties of massive galaxies out to z~5. To accomplish this, we are using The Tractor to perform "forced photometry." This technique employs prior measurements of source positions and surface brightness profiles from a high-resolution fiducial band from the VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations survey to model and fit the fluxes at lower-resolution bands. We discuss our implementation of The Tractor over a square-degree test region within the XMM Large Scale Structure field with deep imaging in 12 NIR/optical bands. Our new multi-band source catalogs offer a number of advantages over traditional position-matched catalogs, including (G1) consistent source cross-identification between bands, (2) de-blending of sources that are clearly resolved in the fiducial band but blended in the lower resolution SERVS data, (3) a higher source detection fraction in each band, (4) a larger number of candidate galaxies in the redshift range 5<z<6, and (5) a statistically significant improvement in the photometric redshift accuracy as evidenced by the significant decrease in the fraction of outliers compared to spectroscopic redshifts. Thus, forced photometry using The Tractor offers a means of improving the accuracy of multi-band extragalactic surveys designed for galaxy evolution studies. We will extend our application of this technique to the full SERVS footprint in the future.

Keywords
  1. infrared-photometry
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. Wide-band photometry
  4. surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2017ApJS..230....9N
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IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/230/9
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22300009

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History

2017-08-04T11:02:59Z
Resource record created
2017-08-04T11:02:59Z
Created
2017-09-04T08:19:21Z
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