NUK - logo
E-viri
Celotno besedilo
Odprti dostop
  • Molino, A; Costa-Duarte, M V; Sampedro, L; Herpich, F R; Sodré, L; Mendes de Oliveira, C; Schoenell, W; Barbosa, C E; Queiroz, C; Lima, E V R; Azanha, L; Muñoz-Elgueta, N; Ribeiro, T; Kanaan, A; Hernandez-Jimenez, J A; Cortesi, A; Akras, S; Lopes de Oliveira, R; Torres-Flores, S; Lima-Dias, C; Nilo Castellon, J L; Damke, G; Alvarez-Candal, A; Jiménez-Teja, Y; Coelho, P; Pereira, E; Montero-Dorta, A D; Benítez, N; Gonçalves, T S; Santana-Silva, L; Werner, S V; Almeida, L A; Lopes, P A A; Chies-Santos, A L; Telles, E; Thom de Souza; R C; Gonçalves, D R; de Souza, R S; Makler, M; Placco, V M; Nakazono, L M I; Saito, R K; Overzier, R A; Abramo, L R

    arXiv.org, 07/2019
    Paper, Journal Article

    In this paper we present a thorough discussion about the photometric redshift (photo-z) performance of the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS). This survey combines a 7 narrow + 5 broad passband filter system, with a typical photometric-depth of r\(\sim\)21 AB. For this exercise, we utilize the Data Release 1 (DR1), corresponding to 336 deg\(^{2}\) from the Stripe-82 region. We rely on the \texttt{BPZ2} code to compute our estimates, using a new library of SED models, which includes additional templates for quiescent galaxies. When compared to a spectroscopic redshift control sample of \(\sim\)100k galaxies, we find a precision of \(\sigma_{z}<\)0.8\%, \(<\)2.0\% or \(<\)3.0\% for galaxies with magnitudes r\(<\)17, \(<\)19 and \(<\)21, respectively. A precision of 0.6\% is attained for galaxies with the highest \texttt{Odds} values. These estimates have a negligible bias and a fraction of catastrophic outliers inferior to 1\%. We identify a redshift window (i.e., 0.26\(<z<\)0.32) where our estimates double their precision, due to the simultaneous detection of two emission-lines in two distinct narrow-bands; representing a window opportunity to conduct statistical studies such as luminosity functions. We forecast a total of \(\sim\)2M, \(\sim\)16M and \(\sim\)32M galaxies in the S-PLUS survey with a photo-z precision of \(\sigma_{z}<\)1.0\%, \(<\)2.0\% and \(<\)2.5\% after observing 8000 \(deg^{2}\). We also derive redshift Probability Density Functions, proving their reliability encoding redshift uncertainties and their potential recovering the \(n(z)\) of galaxies at \(z<0.4\), with an unprecedented precision for a photometric survey in the southern hemisphere.