Published December 1, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS IN THE HAWAII-HUBBLE DEEP FIELD-NORTH (H-HDF-N)

  • 1. Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Center for Astrophysics, Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230026 (China)
  • 2. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 306, Santiago 22 (Chile)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (United States)
  • 6. The Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, Baltimore, MD 21218 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
  • 8. Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 80 Nandan Road, Shanghai 200030 (China)

Description

We derive photometric redshifts (z phot) for sources in the entire (∼0.4 deg2) Hawaii-Hubble Deep Field-North (H-HDF-N) field with the EAzY code, based on point-spread-function-matched photometry of 15 broad bands from the ultraviolet (U band) to mid-infrared (IRAC 4.5 μm). Our catalog consists of a total of 131,678 sources. We evaluate the z phot quality by comparing z phot with spectroscopic redshifts (z spec) when available, and find a value of normalized median absolute deviation σNMAD = 0.029 and an outlier fraction of 5.5% (outliers are defined as sources having |zphot – zspec |/(1 + zspec ) > 0.15) for non-X-ray sources. More specifically, we obtain σNMAD = 0.024 with 2.7% outliers for sources brighter than R = 23 mag, σNMAD = 0.035 with 7.4% outliers for sources fainter than R = 23 mag, σNMAD = 0.026 with 3.9% outliers for sources having z < 1, and σNMAD = 0.034 with 9.0% outliers for sources having z > 1. Our z phot quality shows an overall improvement over an earlier z phot work that focused only on the central H-HDF-N area. We also classify each object as a star or galaxy through template spectral energy distribution fitting and complementary morphological parameterization, resulting in 4959 stars and 126,719 galaxies. Furthermore, we match our catalog with the 2 Ms Chandra Deep Field-North main X-ray catalog. For the 462 matched non-stellar X-ray sources (281 having z spec), we improve their z phot quality by adding three additional active galactic nucleus templates, achieving σNMAD = 0.035 and an outlier fraction of 12.5%. We make our catalog publicly available presenting both photometry and z phot, and provide guidance on how to make use of our catalog

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/215/2/27

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Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Journal Volume
215
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[18 p.]
ISSN
0067-0049
CODEN
APJSA2

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46046441
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CATALOGS; ENERGY SPECTRA; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; PHOTOMETRY; RED SHIFT; STARS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY SOURCES
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVOLUTION; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA