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Main Authors: Madar, Makun, Baugh, Carlton, Shi, Difu
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04601
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author Madar, Makun
Baugh, Carlton
Shi, Difu
author_facet Madar, Makun
Baugh, Carlton
Shi, Difu
contents We predict the surface density and clustering bias of H$α$ emitting galaxies for the Euclid and Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope redshift surveys using a new calibration of the GALFORM galaxy formation model. We generate 3000 GALFORM models to train an ensemble of deep learning algorithms to create an emulator. We then use this emulator in a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) parameter search of an eleven-dimensional parameter space, to find a best-fitting model to a calibration dataset that includes local luminosity function data, and, for the first time, higher redshift data, namely the number counts of H$α$ emitters. We discover tensions when exploring fits for the observational data when applying a heuristic weighting scheme in the MCMC framework. We find improved fits to the H$α$ number counts while maintaining appropriate predictions for the local universe luminosity function. For a flux limited Euclid-like survey to a depth of 2$\times$10$^{-16}$ erg$^{-1}$ s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$ for sources in the redshift range 0.9 < $z$ < 1.8, we estimate 2962-4331 H$α$ emission-line sources deg$^{-2}$. For a Nancy Grace Roman survey, with a flux limit of 1$\times$10$^{-16}$ erg$^{-1}$ s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$ and a redshift range 1.0 < $z$ < 2.0, we predict 6786-10322 H$α$ emission-line sources deg$^{-2}$.
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spellingShingle Predictions for the abundance and clustering of H$α$ emitting galaxies
Madar, Makun
Baugh, Carlton
Shi, Difu
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We predict the surface density and clustering bias of H$α$ emitting galaxies for the Euclid and Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope redshift surveys using a new calibration of the GALFORM galaxy formation model. We generate 3000 GALFORM models to train an ensemble of deep learning algorithms to create an emulator. We then use this emulator in a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) parameter search of an eleven-dimensional parameter space, to find a best-fitting model to a calibration dataset that includes local luminosity function data, and, for the first time, higher redshift data, namely the number counts of H$α$ emitters. We discover tensions when exploring fits for the observational data when applying a heuristic weighting scheme in the MCMC framework. We find improved fits to the H$α$ number counts while maintaining appropriate predictions for the local universe luminosity function. For a flux limited Euclid-like survey to a depth of 2$\times$10$^{-16}$ erg$^{-1}$ s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$ for sources in the redshift range 0.9 < $z$ < 1.8, we estimate 2962-4331 H$α$ emission-line sources deg$^{-2}$. For a Nancy Grace Roman survey, with a flux limit of 1$\times$10$^{-16}$ erg$^{-1}$ s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$ and a redshift range 1.0 < $z$ < 2.0, we predict 6786-10322 H$α$ emission-line sources deg$^{-2}$.
title Predictions for the abundance and clustering of H$α$ emitting galaxies
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04601