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基于有限图像的支持向量机对高红移星系的鲁棒形态学分类。II。在1<z<2时量化COSMOS场中的形态学k校正:Ks带与I带

A robust morphological classification of high-redshift galaxies using support vector machines on seeing limited images. II. Quantifying morphological k-correction in the COSMOS field at 1<z<2: Ks band vs. I band

M. Huertas-Company, L. Tasca, D. Rouan, D. Pelat, J. P. Kneib, O. Le Fevre, P. Capak, J. Kartaltepe, A. Koekemoer, H. J. McCracken, M. Salvato, D. B. Sanders, C. Willott

摘要:

我们通过比较在COSMOS区域的K和I波段测量的形态来量化\emph{morphological k-correction}在$1<z<2$的影响。KS波段数据确实有探测老恒星人口$z<2$的优势,使确定星系形态类型不受最近的恒星形成。在论文I中,我们提出了一种新的非参数方法来量化的星系形态看到有限的图像基于支持向量机。在这里,我们使用这种方法来分类$\sim$ $50 000$ $Ks$选定的星系在COSMOS地区的观察与WIRCam在CFHT。所得到的分类是用来调查的红移分布和每形态类型的数量计数高达$z\sim2$和比较与HST/ACS在I-波段上从其他作品相同的对象所获得的结果。我们把每一个具有$Ks<21.5$和PDMATHAMO的星系都关联到一个介于0和1之间的晚型或早型的概率。分类被认为是可靠的$z\sim2$。平均概率为$p\sim0.8$。它随红移和大小而减小,特别是对于早型种群,但仍保持在$p\sim0.7$以上。的分类是全球性的,在良好的协议,使用HST/ACS $z<1$。在$z\sim1$之上,I波段分类比KS波段分类发现的早型星系少,其系数为$\sim$ 1.5,这可能是形态学K校正效应的结果。因此,我们认为$z>1$基于I波段HST/ACS分类的研究可能低估了椭圆人群。[删节]

英文摘要:

We quantify the effects of \emph{morphological k-correction} at $1<z<2$ by comparing morphologies measured in the K and I-bands in the COSMOS area. Ks-band data have indeed the advantage of probing old stellar populations for $z<2$, enabling a determination of galaxy morphological types unaffected by recent star formation. In paper I we presented a new non-parametric method to quantify morphologies of galaxies on seeing limited images based on support vector machines. Here we use this method to classify $\sim$$50 000$ $Ks$ selected galaxies in the COSMOS area observed with WIRCam at CFHT. The obtained classification is used to investigate the redshift distributions and number counts per morphological type up to $z\sim2$ and to compare to the results obtained with HST/ACS in the I-band on the same objects from other works. We associate to every galaxy with $Ks<21.5$ and $z<2$ a probability between 0 and 1 of being late-type or early-type. The classification is found to be reliable up to $z\sim2$. The mean probability is $p\sim0.8$. It decreases with redshift and with size, especially for the early-type population but remains above $p\sim0.7$. The classification is globally in good agreement with the one obtained using HST/ACS for $z<1$. Above $z\sim1$, the I-band classification tends to find less early-type galaxies than the Ks-band one by a factor $\sim$1.5 which might be a consequence of morphological k-correction effects. We argue therefore that studies based on I-band HST/ACS classifications at $z>1$ could be underestimating the elliptical population. [abridged]

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