Hubble Frontier Field photometric catalogues of Abell 370 and RXC J2248.7-4431: multiwavelength photometry, photometric redshifts, and stellar properties

Brada?, Maruša; Huang, Kuang-Han; Fontana, Adriano; Castellano, Marco; Merlin, Emiliano; Amorín, Ricardo; Hoag, Austin; Strait, Victoria; Santini, Paola; Ryan, Russell E; Casertano, Stefano; Lemaux, Brian C; Lubin, Lori M; Schmidt, Kasper B; Schrabback, Tim; et. al.

Abstract

This paper presents multiwavelength photometric catalogues of the last two Hubble Frontier Fields (HFFs), themassive galaxy clusters Abell 370 andRXCJ2248.7-4431. The photometry ranges from imaging performed on the Hubble Space Telescope to ground-based Very Large Telescope and Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera, in collaboration with the ASTRODEEP team, and using the ASTRODEEP pipeline. While the main purpose of this paper is to release the catalogues, we also perform, as a proof of concept, a brief analysis of z > 6 objects selected using dropout method, as well as spectroscopically confirmed sources and multiple images in both clusters. While dropout methods yield a sample of high-z galaxies, the addition of longer wavelength data reveals that as expected the samples have substantial contamination at the similar to 0-45 per cent level by dusty galaxies at lower redshifts. Furthermore, we show that spectroscopic redshifts are still required to unambiguously determine redshifts of multiply imaged systems. Finally, the now publicly available ASTRODEEP catalogues were combined for all HFFs and used to explore stellar properties of a large sample of 20 000 galaxies across a large photometric redshift range. The powerful magnification provided by the HFF clusters allows for an exploration of the properties of galaxies with intrinsic stellar masses as low as M-* greater than or similar to 10(7) M-circle dot and intrinsic star formation rates similar to 0.1-1 M-circle dot yr(-1) at z > 6.

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Título según WOS: Hubble Frontier Field photometric catalogues of Abell 370 and RXC J2248.7-4431: multiwavelength photometry, photometric redshifts, and stellar properties
Título de la Revista: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volumen: 489
Número: 1
Editorial: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Página de inicio: 99
Página final: 107
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1093/mnras/stz2119

Notas: ISI - ISI