1. Euclid preparation, XXI. Intermediate-redshift contaminants in the search for z > 6 galaxies within the Euclid Deep Survey
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Euclid Collaboration, van Mierlo, S. E., Caputi, K. I., Ashby, M., Atek, H., Bolzonella, M., Bowler, R. A. A., Brammer, G., Conselice, C. J., Cuby, J., Dayal, P., Díaz-Sánchez, A., Finkelstein, S. L., Hoekstra, H., Humphrey, A., Ilbert, O., McCracken, H. J., Milvang-Jensen, B., Oesch, P. A., Pello, R., Rodighiero, G., Schirmer, M., Toft, S., Weaver, J. R., Wilkins, S. M., Willott, C. J., Zamorani, G., Amara, A., Auricchio, N., Baldi, M., Bender, R., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Camera, S., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Courbin, F., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Galeotta, S., Garilli, B., Gillard, W., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Hornstrup, A., Jahnke, K., Kümmel, M., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kitching, T., Kohley, R., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Maurogordato, S., Medinaceli, E., Meneghetti, M., Merlin, E., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Moscardini, L., Munari, E., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Renzi, A., Rhodes, J., Riccio, G., Romelli, E., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sapone, D., Sartoris, B., Schneider, P., Secroun, A., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Stanco, L., Starck, J. -L., Surace, C., Tallada-Crespí, P., Taylor, A. N., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Tutusaus, I., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Vassallo, T., Wang, Y., Zacchei, A., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., Bardelli, S., Boucaud, A., Graciá-Carpio, J., Maino, D., Mauri, N., Mei, S., Sureau, F., Zucca, E., Aussel, H., Baccigalupi, C., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Biviano, A., Blanchard, A., Borgani, S., Bozzo, E., Burigana, C., Cabanac, R., Calura, F., Cappi, A., Carvalho, C. S., Casas, S., Castignani, G., Colodro-Conde, C., Cooray, A. R., Coupon, J., Courtois, H. M., Crocce, M., Cucciati, O., Davini, S., Dole, H., Escartin, J. A., Escoffier, S., Fabricius, M., Farina, M., Ganga, K., García-Bellido, J., George, K., Giacomini, F., Gozaliasl, G., Gwyn, S., Hook, I., Huertas-Company, M., Kansal, V., Kashlinsky, A., Keihanen, E., Kirkpatrick, C. C., Lindholm, V., Maoli, R., Martinelli, M., Martinet, N., Maturi, M., Metcalf, R. B., Monaco, P., Morgante, G., Nucita, A. A., Patrizii, L., Peel, A., Pollack, J., Popa, V., Porciani, C., Potter, D., Reimberg, P., Sánchez, A. G., Scottez, V., Sefusatti, E., Stadel, J., Teyssier, R., Valiviita, J., Viel, M., University of Groningen [Groningen], DLO Winand Staring Centre, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Bologna/Università di Bologna, Department of Surgical Oncology, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dark Cosmology Centre (DARK), Niels Bohr Institute [Copenhagen] (NBI), Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Euclid, Department of Physics, Research Program in Systems Oncology, Helsinki Institute of Physics, van Mierlo, S. E., Caputi, K. I., Ashby, M., Atek, H., Bolzonella, M., Bowler, R. A. A., Brammer, G., Conselice, C. J., Cuby, J., Dayal, P., Díaz-Sánchez, A., Finkelstein, S. L., Hoekstra, H., Humphrey, A., Ilbert, O., Mccracken, H. J., Milvang-Jensen, B., Oesch, P. A., Pello, R., Rodighiero, G., Schirmer, M., Toft, S., Weaver, J. R., Wilkins, S. M., Willott, C. J., Zamorani, G., Amara, A., Auricchio, N., Baldi, M., Bender, R., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Camera, S., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Courbin, F., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Galeotta, S., Garilli, B., Gillard, W., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Hornstrup, A., Jahnke, K., Kümmel, M., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kitching, T., Kohley, R., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Maurogordato, S., Medinaceli, E., Meneghetti, M., Merlin, E., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Moscardini, L., Munari, E., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Renzi, A., Rhodes, J., Riccio, G., Romelli, E., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sapone, D., Sartoris, B., Schneider, P., Secroun, A., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Stanco, L., Starck, J. -L., Surace, C., Tallada-Crespí, P., Taylor, A. N., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Tutusaus, I., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Vassallo, T., Wang, Y., Zacchei, A., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., Bardelli, S., Boucaud, A., Graciá-Carpio, J., Maino, D., Mauri, N., Mei, S., Sureau, F., Zucca, E., Aussel, H., Baccigalupi, C., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Biviano, A., Blanchard, A., Borgani, S., Bozzo, E., Burigana, C., Cabanac, R., Calura, F., Cappi, A., Carvalho, C. S., Casas, S., Castignani, G., Colodro-Conde, C., Cooray, A. R., Coupon, J., Courtois, H. M., Crocce, M., Cucciati, O., Davini, S., Dole, H., Escartin, J. A., Escoffier, S., Fabricius, M., Farina, M., Ganga, K., García-Bellido, J., George, K., Giacomini, F., Gozaliasl, G., Gwyn, S., Hook, I., Huertas-Company, M., Kansal, V., Kashlinsky, A., Keihanen, E., Kirkpatrick, C. C., Lindholm, V., Maoli, R., Martinelli, M., Martinet, N., Maturi, M., Metcalf, R. B., Monaco, P., Morgante, G., Nucita, A. A., Patrizii, L., Peel, A., Pollack, J., Popa, V., Porciani, C., Potter, D., Reimberg, P., Sánchez, A. G., Scottez, V., Sefusatti, E., Stadel, J., Teyssier, R., Valiviita, J., Viel, M., and Astronomy
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photometric redshifts ,bright end ,Galaxies - photometry ,high-redshift [Galaxies] ,galaxies: high-redshift ,Astrophysics - astrophysics of galaxies, Astrophysics - cosmology and nongalactic astrophysics ,evolution ,luminosity function ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,Galaxies - high-redshift ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,photometry [Galaxies] ,Galaxies - evolution ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,cosmos ,evolution [Galaxies] ,115 Astronomy, Space science ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,spitzer matching survey ,galaxies: photometry ,stripes smuvs ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,near-infrared survey ,to 8 galaxies ,galaxies: evolution ,stellar population synthesis ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
Context. The Euclid mission is expected to discover thousands of z > 6 galaxies in three deep fields, which together will cover a similar to 50 deg(2) area. However, the limited number of Euclid bands (four) and the low availability of ancillary data could make the identification of z > 6 galaxies challenging., Aims. In this work we assess the degree of contamination by intermediate-redshift galaxies (z = 1-5.8) expected for z > 6 galaxies within the Euclid Deep Survey., Methods. This study is based on similar to 176 000 real galaxies at z = 1-8 in a similar to 0.7 deg(2) area selected from the UltraVISTA ultra-deep survey and similar to 96 000 mock galaxies with 25.3, Results. We demonstrate that identifying z > 6 galaxies with Euclid data alone will be very effective, with a z > 6 recovery of 91% (88%) for bright (faint) galaxies. For the UltraVISTA-like bright sample, the percentage of z = 1-5.8 contaminants amongst apparent z > 6 galaxies as observed with Euclid alone is 18%, which is reduced to 4% (13%) by including ultra-deep Rubin (Spitzer) photometry. Conversely, for the faint mock sample, the contamination fraction with Euclid alone is considerably higher at 39%, and minimised to 7% when including ultra-deep Rubin data. For UltraVISTA-like bright galaxies, we find that Euclid (I-E - Y-E) > 2:8 and (Y-E - J(E)) < 1.4 colour criteria can separate contaminants from true z > 6 galaxies, although these are applicable to only 54% of the contaminants as many have unconstrained (I-E - Y-E) colours. In the best scenario, these cuts reduce the contamination fraction to 1% whilst preserving 81% of the fiducial z > 6 sample. For the faint mock sample, colour cuts are infeasible; we find instead that a 5 sigma detection threshold requirement in at least one of the Euclid near-infrared bands reduces the contamination fraction to 25%.
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