论文标题
欧几里得准备:VIII。 Colour-Redshift关系调查的完整校准:VLT/KMOS观察和数据发布
Euclid preparation: VIII. The Complete Calibration of the Colour-Redshift Relation survey: VLT/KMOS observations and data release
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论文摘要
The Complete Calibration of the Colour-Redshift Relation survey (C3R2) is a spectroscopic effort involving ESO and Keck facilities designed to empirically calibrate the galaxy colour-redshift relation - P(z|C) to the Euclid depth (i_AB=24.5) and is intimately linked to upcoming Stage IV dark energy missions based on weak lensing cosmology.目的是建立一个光谱校准样品,该样品尽可能地代表了欧几里德弱透镜样品的星系。为了最大程度地减少光谱观测的数量,以填补P(Z | C)当前知识中的空白,已经构建了银河色空间的自组织图(SOM)表示。在这里,我们介绍了在C3R2上下文中批准的ESO@ VLT大型程序的第一个结果,该程序利用了两个VLT光学和近红外多对象光谱仪Fors2和KMOS。本文重点介绍了H-和K波段中KMOS光谱仪观察到的高Z星系的高质量光谱红移。在1.3 <= z <= 2.5范围内测量了总计424个高度可靠的Z,H波段的总成功率为60.7%,在K波段中为32.8%。新确定的Z填充了高优先级空的SOM网格细胞的高和35%的55%。我们从光谱确认的星系中的光谱中测量了2个半径孔。光谱故障来自弱的星系星系(z <1.7,即在H波段中)或Z> 2星系的低s/n光谱(在K频段中)。
The Complete Calibration of the Colour-Redshift Relation survey (C3R2) is a spectroscopic effort involving ESO and Keck facilities designed to empirically calibrate the galaxy colour-redshift relation - P(z|C) to the Euclid depth (i_AB=24.5) and is intimately linked to 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 to fill the gaps in current knowledge of the P(z|C), 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 paper focuses on high-quality spectroscopic redshifts of high-z galaxies observed with the KMOS spectrograph in the H- and K-bands. A total of 424 highly-reliable z 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 z fill 55% of high and 35% of lower priority empty SOM grid cells. We measured Halpha 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.