Probabilistic and progressive deblended far-infrared and sub-millimetre point source catalogues I. Methodology and first application in the COSMOS field

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Main Authors: Wang, Lingyu, La Marca, Antonio, Gao, Fangyou, Pearson, William J., Margalef-Bentabol, Berta, Béthermin, Matthieu, Bing, Longji, Donnellan, James, Hurley, Peter D., Oliver, Seb J., Hale, Catherine L., Jarvis, Matt J., Marchetti, Lucia, Vaccari, Mattia, Whittam, Imogen H.
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author Wang, Lingyu
La Marca, Antonio
Gao, Fangyou
Pearson, William J.
Margalef-Bentabol, Berta
Béthermin, Matthieu
Bing, Longji
Donnellan, James
Hurley, Peter D.
Oliver, Seb J.
Hale, Catherine L.
Jarvis, Matt J.
Marchetti, Lucia
Vaccari, Mattia
Whittam, Imogen H.
author_facet Wang, Lingyu
La Marca, Antonio
Gao, Fangyou
Pearson, William J.
Margalef-Bentabol, Berta
Béthermin, Matthieu
Bing, Longji
Donnellan, James
Hurley, Peter D.
Oliver, Seb J.
Hale, Catherine L.
Jarvis, Matt J.
Marchetti, Lucia
Vaccari, Mattia
Whittam, Imogen H.
contents Single-dish far-infrared (far-IR) and sub-millimetre (sub-mm) point source catalogues and their connections with catalogues at other wavelengths are of paramount importance. However, due to the large mismatch in spatial resolution, cross-matching galaxies at different wavelengths is challenging. This work aims to develop the next-generation deblended far-IR and sub-mm catalogues and present the first application in the COSMOS field. Our progressive deblending used the Bayesian probabilistic framework known as XID+. The deblending started from the Spitzer/MIPS 24 micron data, using an initial prior list composed of sources selected from the COSMOS2020 catalogue and radio catalogues from the VLA and the MeerKAT surveys, based on spectral energy distribution modelling which predicts fluxes of the known sources at the deblending wavelength. To speed up flux prediction, we made use of a neural network-based emulator. After deblending the 24 micron data, we proceeded to the Herschel PACS (100 & 160 micron) and SPIRE wavebands (250, 350 & 500 micron). Each time we constructed a tailor-made prior list based on the predicted fluxes of the known sources. Using simulated far-IR and sub-mm sky, we detailed the performance of our deblending pipeline. After validation with simulations, we then deblended the real observations from 24 to 500 micron and compared with blindly extracted catalogues and previous versions of deblended catalogues. As an additional test, we deblended the SCUBA-2 850 micron map and compared our deblended fluxes with ALMA measurements, which demonstrates a higher level of flux accuracy compared to previous results.We publicly release our XID+ deblended point source catalogues. These deblended long-wavelength data are crucial for studies such as deriving the fraction of dust-obscured star formation and better separation of quiescent galaxies from dusty star-forming galaxies.
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spellingShingle Probabilistic and progressive deblended far-infrared and sub-millimetre point source catalogues I. Methodology and first application in the COSMOS field
Wang, Lingyu
La Marca, Antonio
Gao, Fangyou
Pearson, William J.
Margalef-Bentabol, Berta
Béthermin, Matthieu
Bing, Longji
Donnellan, James
Hurley, Peter D.
Oliver, Seb J.
Hale, Catherine L.
Jarvis, Matt J.
Marchetti, Lucia
Vaccari, Mattia
Whittam, Imogen H.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Single-dish far-infrared (far-IR) and sub-millimetre (sub-mm) point source catalogues and their connections with catalogues at other wavelengths are of paramount importance. However, due to the large mismatch in spatial resolution, cross-matching galaxies at different wavelengths is challenging. This work aims to develop the next-generation deblended far-IR and sub-mm catalogues and present the first application in the COSMOS field. Our progressive deblending used the Bayesian probabilistic framework known as XID+. The deblending started from the Spitzer/MIPS 24 micron data, using an initial prior list composed of sources selected from the COSMOS2020 catalogue and radio catalogues from the VLA and the MeerKAT surveys, based on spectral energy distribution modelling which predicts fluxes of the known sources at the deblending wavelength. To speed up flux prediction, we made use of a neural network-based emulator. After deblending the 24 micron data, we proceeded to the Herschel PACS (100 & 160 micron) and SPIRE wavebands (250, 350 & 500 micron). Each time we constructed a tailor-made prior list based on the predicted fluxes of the known sources. Using simulated far-IR and sub-mm sky, we detailed the performance of our deblending pipeline. After validation with simulations, we then deblended the real observations from 24 to 500 micron and compared with blindly extracted catalogues and previous versions of deblended catalogues. As an additional test, we deblended the SCUBA-2 850 micron map and compared our deblended fluxes with ALMA measurements, which demonstrates a higher level of flux accuracy compared to previous results.We publicly release our XID+ deblended point source catalogues. These deblended long-wavelength data are crucial for studies such as deriving the fraction of dust-obscured star formation and better separation of quiescent galaxies from dusty star-forming galaxies.
title Probabilistic and progressive deblended far-infrared and sub-millimetre point source catalogues I. Methodology and first application in the COSMOS field
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18290