3D-Matched-Filter Galaxy Cluster Finder I: Selection Functions and CFHTLS Deep Clusters

Details 3D-Matched-Filter Galaxy Cluster Finder I: Selection Functions and CFHTLS Deep Clusters 3D-Matched-Filter Galaxy Cluster Finder I: Selection Functions and CFHTLS Deep Clusters

2009-12-04

arxiv.org/abs/0912.0739v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 406:673,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

18 pages, 17 figures, 5 tables; v2: added Fig 5, minor edits to match version published in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16720.x

We present an optimised galaxy cluster finder, 3D-Matched-Filter (3D-MF), which utilises galaxy cluster radial profiles, luminosity functions and redshift information to detect galaxy clusters in optical surveys. This method is an improvement over other matched-filter methods, most notably through implementing redshift slicing of the data to significantly reduce line-of-sight projections and related false positives. We apply our method to the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) Deep fields, finding ~170 galaxy clusters per square degree in the 0.2 <= z <= 1.0 redshift range. Future surveys such as LSST and JDEM can exploit 3D-MF's automated methodology to produce complete and reliable galaxy cluster catalogues. We determine the reliability and accuracy of the statistical approach of our method through a thorough analysis of mock data from the Millennium Simulation. We detect clusters with 100% completeness for M_200 >= 3.0x10^(14)M_sun, 88% completeness for M_200 >= 1.0x10^(14)M_sun, and 72% completeness well into the 10^(13)M_sun cluster mass range. We show a 36% multiple detection rate for cluster masses >= 1.5x10^(13)M_sun and a 16% false detection rate for galaxy clusters >~ 5x10^(13)M_sun, reporting that for clusters with masses <~ 5x10^(13)M_sun false detections may increase up to ~24%. Utilising these selection functions we conclude that our galaxy cluster catalogue is the most complete CFHTLS Deep cluster catalogue to date.

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