Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-07-03
Astron.J.134:1360-1367,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/521430
Surface brightness is a fundamental observational parameter of galaxies. We show, for the first time in detail, how it can be used to obtain photometric redshifts for galaxies, the $\mu$-PhotoZ method. We demonstrate that the Tolman surface brightness relation, $\mu \propto (1+z)^{-4}$, is a powerful tool for determining galaxy redshifts from photometric data. We develop a model using $\mu$ and a color percentile (ranking) measure to demonstrate the $\mu$-PhotoZ method. We apply our method to a set of galaxies from the SHELS survey, and demonstrate that the photometric redshift accuracy achieved using the surface brightness method alone is comparable with the best color-based methods. We show that the $\mu$-PhotoZ method is very effective in determining the redshift for red galaxies using only two photometric bands. We discuss the properties of the small, skewed, non-gaussian component of the error distribution. We calibrate $\mu_r, (r-i)$ from the SDSS to redshift, and tabulate the result, providing a simple, but accurate look up table to estimate the redshift of distant red galaxies.
Dell'Antonio Ian Pietro
Fabricant Daniel G.
Geller Margaret J.
Kurtz Michael J.
Wyatt William F.
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