Large Scale Spectrophotometric Relative Flux Calibration for the Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey
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| author | Nguyen, Alan B. H. Walth, Gregory Ross, Ashley J. Colbert, James W. Swanson, Jaide Padmanabhan, Nikhil Wang, Yun |
| author_facet | Nguyen, Alan B. H. Walth, Gregory Ross, Ashley J. Colbert, James W. Swanson, Jaide Padmanabhan, Nikhil Wang, Yun |
| contents | We consider the application of a ubercalibration-like relative flux calibration to the grism observations of the Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey (HLWAS). We propose a simplified model of the calibration with an independent flat field for each detector in each exposure of the focal plane. In addition, we include two wavelength dependent components: a single wavelength throughput curve, modulated by a simple parabolic model for the throughput as a function of a source's focal plane position. We consider the impact of the dither scale, as well as the calibrator magnitude cuts. We show that the width of the calibration residuals can be reduced to less than 1.5 mmag, or 0.15% in flux, within the optimal dither range 50-240". This wide range allows for significant flexibility in optimising other parts of the observing program without diminishing the effectiveness of the relative flux calibration. We also discuss some improvements to the methodology that must be strongly considered before the calibration can be applied to real data. Finally, although we focused on spectroscopic component of the HLWAS here, our formalism and results should carry over to the imaging surveys as well. |
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| spellingShingle | Large Scale Spectrophotometric Relative Flux Calibration for the Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey Nguyen, Alan B. H. Walth, Gregory Ross, Ashley J. Colbert, James W. Swanson, Jaide Padmanabhan, Nikhil Wang, Yun Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics We consider the application of a ubercalibration-like relative flux calibration to the grism observations of the Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey (HLWAS). We propose a simplified model of the calibration with an independent flat field for each detector in each exposure of the focal plane. In addition, we include two wavelength dependent components: a single wavelength throughput curve, modulated by a simple parabolic model for the throughput as a function of a source's focal plane position. We consider the impact of the dither scale, as well as the calibrator magnitude cuts. We show that the width of the calibration residuals can be reduced to less than 1.5 mmag, or 0.15% in flux, within the optimal dither range 50-240". This wide range allows for significant flexibility in optimising other parts of the observing program without diminishing the effectiveness of the relative flux calibration. We also discuss some improvements to the methodology that must be strongly considered before the calibration can be applied to real data. Finally, although we focused on spectroscopic component of the HLWAS here, our formalism and results should carry over to the imaging surveys as well. |
| title | Large Scale Spectrophotometric Relative Flux Calibration for the Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24839 |