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利用光度红移的可靠团簇探测技术:介绍2 TecX算法

A reliable cluster detection technique using photometric redshifts: introducing the 2TecX algorithm

Caroline van Breukelen, Lee Clewley

摘要:

我们提出了一种新的集群检测算法,旨在寻找高红移集群使用光学/红外成像数据。该算法有两个主要特点。首先,它利用每个星系的完整红移概率函数,而不是基于概率函数的峰值和相关的高斯误差来估计光度红移。其次,它通过交叉检查两种基本不同的选择技术的结果来识别聚类候选者(名称2 TecX表示两种技术的交叉检查)。这些是Voronoi Tesselations和朋友圈方法的改编。模拟星表的蒙特卡罗模拟表明,交叉检查的集群候选人发现的两种技术显着减少了虚假源的检测。此外,我们还研究了这两种方法的选择效果和相对优势和劣势。模拟还允许我们微调算法的参数,并定义完整性和质量极限作为红移的函数。我们证明,该算法隔离高红移集群在一个高水平的效率和低污染。

英文摘要:

We present a new cluster detection algorithm designed for finding high-redshift clusters using optical/infrared imaging data. The algorithm has two main characteristics. First, it utilises each galaxy's full redshift probability function, instead of an estimate of the photometric redshift based on the peak of the probability function and an associated Gaussian error. Second, it identifies cluster candidates through cross-checking the results of two substantially different selection techniques (the name 2TecX representing the cross-check of the two techniques). These are adaptations of the Voronoi Tesselations and Friends-Of-Friends methods. Monte-Carlo simulations of mock catalogues show that cross-checking the cluster candidates found by the two techniques significantly reduces the detection of spurious sources. Furthermore, we examine the selection effects and relative strengths and weaknesses of either method. The simulations also allow us to fine-tune the algorithm's parameters, and define completeness and mass limit as a function of redshift. We demonstrate that the algorithm isolates high-redshift clusters at a high level of efficiency and low contamination.

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