Photometric redshifts for next-generation surveys

JA Newman, D Gruen - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Photometric redshifts are essential in studies of both galaxy evolution and cosmology, as
they enable analyses of objects too numerous or faint for spectroscopy. The Rubin …

Modeling the panchromatic spectral energy distributions of galaxies

C Conroy - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies are shaped by nearly every physical
property of the system, including the star-formation history, metal content, abundance …

The art of measuring physical parameters in galaxies: a critical assessment of spectral energy distribution fitting techniques

C Pacifici, KG Iyer, B Mobasher… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The study of galaxy evolution hinges on our ability to interpret multiwavelength galaxy
observations in terms of their physical properties. To do this, we rely on spectral energy …

Stellar population inference with Prospector

BD Johnson, J Leja, C Conroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Inference of the physical properties of stellar populations from observed photometry and
spectroscopy is a key goal in the study of galaxy evolution. In recent years, the quality and …

Deriving physical properties from broadband photometry with Prospector: description of the model and a demonstration of its accuracy using 129 galaxies in the local …

J Leja, BD Johnson, C Conroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Broadband photometry of galaxies measures an unresolved mix of complex stellar
populations, gas, and dust. Interpreting these data is a challenge for models: many studies …

Modelling and interpreting spectral energy distributions of galaxies with beagle

J Chevallard, S Charlot - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present a new-generation tool to model and interpret spectral energy distributions
(SEDs) of galaxies, which incorporates in a consistent way the production of radiation and its …

How to measure galaxy star formation histories. I. Parametric models

AC Carnall, J Leja, BD Johnson… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Parametric models for galaxy star formation histories (SFHs) are widely used, though they
are known to impose strong priors on physical parameters. This has consequences for …

An older, more quiescent universe from panchromatic SED fitting of the 3D-HST survey

J Leja, BD Johnson, C Conroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Galaxy observations are influenced by many physical parameters: stellar masses, star
formation rates (SFRs), star formation histories (SFHs), metallicities, dust, black hole activity …

How well can we measure the stellar mass of a galaxy: the impact of the assumed star formation history model in SED fitting

S Lower, D Narayanan, J Leja… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The primary method for inferring the stellar mass (M*) of a galaxy is through spectral energy
distribution (SED) modeling. However, the technique rests on assumptions such as the …

The CANDELS/SHARDS multiwavelength catalog in GOODS-N: photometry, photometric redshifts, stellar masses, emission-line fluxes, and star formation rates

G Barro, PG Pérez-González, A Cava… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a WFC3 F160W (H-band) selected catalog in the CANDELS/GOODS-N field
containing photometry from the ultraviolet (UV) to the far-infrared (IR), photometric redshifts …