Photometric Redshift Determination with the BATC Multicolor System

In this paper, we present the methodology of photometric redshift determination with the BATC 15-color system by using hyperz program. Both simulated galaxies and real galaxies with known redshifts were used to estimate the accuracy of redshifts inferred from the multicolor photometry. From the test...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2002-09
Main Authors: Xia, Lifang, Zhou, Xu, Ma, Jun, Wu, Hong, Wei-Hsin, Sun, Jiang, Zhaoji, Xue, Suijian, Chen, Jiansheng, Chen, Wenping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Galaxies
Photometry
Red shift
Simulation
Uncertainty
Wave filters
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Summary:In this paper, we present the methodology of photometric redshift determination with the BATC 15-color system by using hyperz program. Both simulated galaxies and real galaxies with known redshifts were used to estimate the accuracy of redshifts inferred from the multicolor photometry. From the test with simulated galaxies, the uncertainty in the inferred redshifts is about \(0.02\sim0.03\) for a given range of photometric uncertainty of \(0.05 \sim 0.10\). The results with the 27 real galaxies are in good agreement with the simulated ones. The advantage of using BATC intermediate-band system to derive redshift is clear through the comparison with the UBVRI broad-band system. The accuracy in redshift determination with BATC system is mainly affected by the selection of filters and the photometric uncertainties in the observation. When we take the limiting magnitudes of the 15 filters into account, we find that redshift can be determined with good accuracy for galaxies with redshifts less than 0.5, using only filters with central wavelengths shorter than 6000 A.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0209460