- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/265
- Title:
- COSMOS Morphological Catalog (V1.1)
- Short Name:
- VII/265
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The zCOSMOS field benefits of high-resolution imaging in the F814W filter from the HST-ACS (Advanced Camera for Survey). We use standard morphology classifiers, optimised for being robust against band-shifting and surface brightness dimming, and a new, objective, and automated method to convert morphological parameters into early, spiral, and irregular types. We use about 10000 galaxies down to I(AB)=22.5mag with a spectroscopic sampling rate of 33% to characterise the environment of galaxies up to z~1 from the 100kpc scales of galaxy groups up to the 100Mpc scales of the cosmic web.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/690/1236
- Title:
- COSMOS photometric redshift catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/690/1236
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present accurate photometric redshifts (photo-z) in the 2-deg^2^ COSMOS field. The redshifts are computed with 30 broad, intermediate, and narrowbands covering the UV (Galaxy Evolution Explorer), visible near-IR (NIR; Subaru, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, and National Optical Astronomy Observatory), and mid-IR (Spitzer/IRAC). A {chi}^2^ template-fitting method (Le Phare) was used and calibrated with large spectroscopic samples from the Very Large Telescope Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph and the Keck Deep Extragalactic Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph. We develop and implement a new method which accounts for the contributions from emission lines ([OII], H{beta}, H{alpha}, and Ly{alpha}) to the spectral energy distributions (SEDs). The treatment of emission lines improves the photo-z accuracy by a factor of 2.5. Comparison of the derived photo-z with 4148 spectroscopic redshifts (i.e., {Delta}z=zs-zp) indicates a dispersion of {sigma}_{Delta}z/(1+zs)_=0.007 at i^+^_AB_<22.5, a factor of 2-6 times more accurate than earlier photo-z in the COSMOS, CFHT Legacy Survey, and the Classifying Object by Medium-Band Observations-17 survey fields. At fainter magnitudes i^+^_AB_<24 and z<1.25, the accuracy is {sigma}_{Delta}z/(1+zs)_=0.012. The deep NIR and Infrared Array Camera coverage enables the photo-z to be extended to z~2, albeit with a lower accuracy ({sigma}_{Delta}z/(1+zs)_=0.006 at i^+^_AB_~24). The redshift distribution of large magnitude-selected samples is derived and the median redshift is found to range from z_m_= 0.66 at 22 <i^+^_AB_<22.5 to z_m_=1.06 at 24.5<i^+^_AB_<25. At i ^+^_AB_<26.0, the multiwavelength COSMOS catalog includes approximately 607,617 objects. The COSMOS-30 photo-z enables the full exploitation of this survey for studies of galaxy and large-scale structure evolution at high redshift.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/642/A192
- Title:
- C3R2-KMOS zsp & galaxy physical properties
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/642/A192
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Complete Calibration of the Colour-Redshift Relation survey (C3R2) is a spectroscopic effort involving ESO and Keck facilities designed specifically to empirically calibrate the galaxy colour-redshift relation - P(zjC) to the Euclid depth (i_AB_=24.5) and is intimately linked to the success of upcoming Stage IV dark energy missions based on weak lensing cosmology. The aim is to build a spectroscopic calibration sample that is as representative as possible of the galaxies of the Euclid weak lensing sample. In order to minimise the number of spectroscopic observations necessary to fill the gaps in current knowledge of the P(zjC), self-organising map (SOM) representations of the galaxy colour space have been constructed. Here we present the first results of an ESO@VLT Large Programme approved in the context of C3R2, which makes use of the two VLT optical and near-infrared multi-object spectrographs, FORS2 and KMOS. This data release paper focuses on high-quality spectroscopic redshifts of high-redshift galaxies observed with the KMOS spectrograph in the near-infrared H- and K-bands. A total of 424 highly-reliable redshifts are measured in the 1.3<=z<=2.5 range, with total success rates of 60.7% in the H-band and 32.8% in the K-band. The newly determined redshifts fill 55% of high (mainly regions with no spectroscopic measurements) and 35% of lower (regions with low-resolution/low-quality spectroscopic measurements) priority empty SOMgrid cells.We measured H fluxes in a 1.2" radius aperture from the spectra of the spectroscopically confirmed galaxies and converted them into star formation rates. In addition, we performed an SED fitting analysis on the same sample in order to derive stellar masses, E(B-V), total magnitudes, and SFRs. We combine the results obtained from the spectra with those derived via SED fitting, and we show that the spectroscopic failures come from either weakly star-forming galaxies (at z<1.7, i.e. in the H-band) or low S/N spectra (in the K-band) of z>2 galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/841/111
- Title:
- C3R2 survey: high-confidence redshifts from DR1
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/841/111
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A key goal of the Stage IV dark energy experiments Euclid, LSST, and WFIRST is to measure the growth of structure with cosmic time from weak lensing analysis over large regions of the sky. Weak lensing cosmology will be challenging: in addition to highly accurate galaxy shape measurements, statistically robust and accurate photometric redshift (photo-z) estimates for billions of faint galaxies will be needed in order to reconstruct the three-dimensional matter distribution. Here we present an overview of and initial results from the Complete Calibration of the Color-Redshift Relation (C3R2) survey, which is designed specifically to calibrate the empirical galaxy color-redshift relation to the Euclid depth. These redshifts will also be important for the calibrations of LSST and WFIRST. The C3R2 survey is obtaining multiplexed observations with Keck (DEIMOS, LRIS, and MOSFIRE), the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC; OSIRIS), and the Very Large Telescope (VLT; FORS2 and KMOS) of a targeted sample of galaxies that are most important for the redshift calibration. We focus spectroscopic efforts on undersampled regions of galaxy color space identified in previous work in order to minimize the number of spectroscopic redshifts needed to map the color-redshift relation to the required accuracy. We present the C3R2 survey strategy and initial results, including the 1283 high-confidence redshifts obtained in the 2016A semester and released as Data Release 1.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/662/808
- Title:
- Cusp radius in luminous elliptical galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/662/808
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Black hole (BH) masses predicted from the M_BH_-sigma relationship conflict with predictions from the M_BH_-L relationship for high-luminosity galaxies, such as brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). The M_BH_-L relationship predicts that some BCGs may harbor BHs with M_BH_ approaching 10^10^M_{sun}_ while the M_BH_-sigma relationship always predicts M_BH_<3x10^9^M_{sun}_. We argue that the M_BH_-L relationship is a plausible description for galaxies of high luminosity. If the cores in central stellar density are formed by binary BHs, the inner core cusp radius, r{gamma}, may be an independent witness of M_BH_. Using central structural parameters derived from a large sample of early-type galaxies observed by HST, we argue that L is superior to sigma as an indicator of r{gamma}.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/488/2175
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for 719 AMIGA galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/488/2175
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using images from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8, we have re-examined the morphology of 719 galaxies from the Analysis of the interstellar Medium in Isolated GAlaxies (AMIGA) project, a sample consisting of the most isolated galaxies that have yet been identified. The goal is to further improve the classifications of these galaxies by examining them in the context of the Comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage (CVRHS) system, which includes recognition of features that go beyond the original de Vaucouleurs point of view. Our results confirm previous findings that isolated galaxies are found across the complete revised Hubble sequence, with intermediate to late-type (Sb-Sc) spirals being relatively more common. Elmegreen Arm Classifications are also presented, and show that more than 50\% of the 514 spirals in the sample for which an arm class could be judged are grand design (AC 8,9,12). The visual bar fraction for the sample is ~50%, but only 16% are classified as strongly-barred (SB). The dominant family classification is SA (nonbarred), the dominant inner variety classification is (s) (pure spiral), and the dominant outer variety classification is no outer ring, pseudoring, or lens. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is used to check for potential biases in the morphological interpretations, and for any possible relation between rings, bars, and arm classes with local environment and far-infrared excess. The connection between morphology and stellar mass is also examined for a subset of the sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/488/590
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for the EFIGI Galaxy Sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/488/590
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper is the third which examines galaxy morphology from the point of view of comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage (CVRHS) classification, a variation on the original de Vaucouleurs classification volume that accounts for finer details of galactic structure, including lenses, nuclear structures, embedded disks, boxy and disky components, and other features. The classification is applied to the EFIGI sample, a well-defined set of nearby galaxies which were previously examined by Baillard et al. (2011, Cat. J/A+A/532/A74) and de Lapparent et al. (2011A&A...532A..75D). The survey is focussed on statistics of features, and brings attention to exceptional examples of some morphologies, such as skewed bars, blue bar ansae, bar-outer pseudoring misalignment, extremely elongated inner SB rings, outer rings and lenses, and other features that are likely relevant to galactic secular evolution and internal dynamics. The possibility of using these classifications as a training set for automated classification algorithms is also discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/4027
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for the GZ2 Ring Sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/471/4027
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Rings are important and characteristic features of disc-shaped galaxies. This paper is the first in a series that re-visits galactic rings with the goals of further understanding the nature of the features and for examining their role in the secular evolution of galaxy structure. The series begins with a new sample of 3962 galaxies drawn from the Galaxy Zoo 2 citizen science data base, selected because zoo volunteers recognized a ring-shaped pattern in the morphology as seen in Sloan Digital Sky Survey colour images. The galaxies are classified within the framework of the Comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage system. It is found that zoo volunteers cued on the same kinds of ring-like features that were recognized in the 1995 Catalogue of Southern Ringed Galaxies. This paper presents the full catalogue of morphological classifications, comparisons with other sources of classifications and some histograms designed mainly to highlight the content of the catalogue. The advantages of the sample are its large size and the generally good quality of the images; the main disadvantage is the low physical resolution that limits the detectability of linearly small rings such as nuclear rings. The catalogue includes mainly inner and outer disc rings and lenses. Cataclysmic ('encounter-driven') rings (such as ring and polar ring galaxies) are recognized in less than 1 per cent of the sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/87A
- Title:
- Data on 1889 Abell's clusters of galaxies
- Short Name:
- VII/87A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A sample of 1889 clusters from Abell's catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies (1958, ApJS 3, 211) have been classified in the Bautz-Morgan system
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/598/A32
- Title:
- 2D decomposition of CALIFA galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/598/A32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a two-dimensional multi-component photometric decomposition of 404 galaxies from the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Data Release 3 (CALIFA-DR3). They represent all possible galaxies with no clear signs of interaction and not strongly inclined in the final CALIFA data release. Galaxies are modelled in the g, r, and i Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images including, when appropriate, a nuclear point source, bulge, bar, and an exponential or broken disc component. We use a human-supervised approach to determine the optimal number of structures to be included in the fit. The dataset, including the photometric parameters of the CALIFA sample, is released together with statistical errors and a visual analysis of the quality of each fit. The analysis of the photometric components reveals a clear segregation of the structural composition of galaxies with stellar mass. At high masses (log(M*/M_{sun}_)>11), the galaxy population is dominated by galaxies modelled with a single Sersic or a bulge+disc with a bulge-to-total (B/T) luminosity ratio B/T>0.2. At intermediate masses (9.5<log(M*/M_{sun}_)<11), galaxies described with bulge+disc but B/T<0.2 are preponderant, whereas, at the low mass end (log(M*/M_{\sun}_)<9.5), the prevailing population is constituted by galaxies modelled with either pure discs or nuclear point sources+discs (i.e., no discernible bulge). The analyses of the extended multi-component radial profile result in a volume-corrected distribution of 62%, 28%, and 10% for the so-called Type I (pure exponential), Type II (down-bending), and Type III (up-bending) disc profiles, respectively. These fractions are in discordance with previous findings. We argue that the different methodologies used to detect the breaks are the main cause for these differences.
