Stellar masses from the CANDELS survey: the GOODS-South and UDS fields

Abstract

We present the public release of the stellar mass catalogs for the GOODS-S and UDS fields obtained using some of the deepest near-IR images available, achieved as part of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) project. We combine the effort from ten different teams, who computed the stellar masses using the same photometry and the same redshifts. Each team adopted their preferred fitting code, assumptions, priors, and parameter grid. The combination of results using the same underlying stellar isochrones reduces the systematics associated with the fitting code and other choices. Thanks to the availability of different estimates, we can test the effect of some specific parameters and assumptions on the stellar mass estimate. The choice of the stellar isochrone library turns out to have the largest effect on the galaxy stellar mass estimates, resulting in the largest distributions around the median value (with a semi interquartile range larger than 0.1 dex). On the other hand, for most galaxies, the stellar mass estimates are relatively insensitive to the different parameterizations of the star formation history. The inclusion of nebular emission in the model spectra does not have a significant impact for the majority of galaxies (less than a factor of 2 for ~80% of the sample). Nevertheless, the stellar mass for the subsample of young galaxies (age < 100 Myr), especially in particular redshift ranges (e.g., 2.2 < z < 2.4, 3.2 < z < 3.6, and 5.5 < z < 6.5), can be seriously overestimated (by up to a factor of 10 for < 20 Myr sources) if nebular contribution is ignored.

Accepted for publication by ApJ. Replaced to match the final version (two tables and one figure added in the appendix)

References in corpus (21)

• The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)
• COSMOS Photometric Redshifts with 30-bands for 2-deg2
• An ultra-deep near-infrared spectrum of a compact quiescent galaxy at z=2.2
• 3D-HST WFC3-selected Photometric Catalogs in the Five CANDELS/3D-HST Fields: Photometry, Photometric Redshifts and Stellar Masses
• The stellar mass assembly of galaxies from z=0 to z=4. Analysis of a sample selected in the rest-frame near-infrared with Spitzer
• The All-wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) Data Sets
• PRIMUS: Constraints on Star Formation Quenching and Galaxy Merging, and the Evolution of the Stellar Mass Function From z=0-1
• The Galaxy Mass Function up to z=4 in the GOODS-MUSIC sample: into the epoch of formation of massive galaxies
• Evidence for TP-AGB stars in high redshift galaxies, and their effect on deriving stellar population parameters
• The Relation Between SFR and Stellar Mass for Galaxies at 3.5 $\le z\le$ 6.5 in CANDELS
• The Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) - II. Optical Imaging and Photometric Catalogs
• The mass evolution of the first galaxies: stellar mass functions and star formation rates at $4<z<7$ in the CANDELS GOODS-South field
• The galaxy stellar mass function at 3.5<z<7.5 in the CANDELS/UDS, GOODS-South, and HUDF fields
• Radio imaging of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field - I. The 100-microJy catalogue, optical identifications, and the nature of the faint radio source population
• The Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS): III. X-Ray Data
• A Population of Massive and Evolved Galaxies at z$\ga$5
• Constraints on the star-formation rate of z~3 LBGs with measured metallicity in the CANDELS GOODS-South field
• A Pilot Survey for KX QSOs in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Field
• Low-power radio galaxy environments in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field at z~0.5
• Spectroscopic follow-up of a cluster candidate at z = 1.45
• Parametrising Star Formation Histories

Cited by in corpus (126)

• The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 7 Ms Source Catalogs
• The Star Formation Main Sequence in the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields
• Observational constraints on the merger history of galaxies since $z\approx 6$: Probabilistic galaxy pair counts in the CANDELS fields
• The Art of Measuring Physical Parameters in Galaxies: A Critical Assessment of Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting Techniques
• High-redshift AGN in the Chandra Deep Fields: the obscured fraction and space density of the sub-$L_{\ast }$ population
• Prevalence of radio jets associated with galactic outflows and feedback from quasars
• Sub-kpc ALMA imaging of compact star-forming galaxies at z~2.5: revealing the formation of dense galactic cores in the progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies
• CANDELS Multiwavelength Catalogs: Source Identification and Photometry in the CANDELS COSMOS Survey Field
• A magnetar-powered X-ray transient as the aftermath of a binary neutron-star merger
• The evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function over the last twelve billion years from a combination of ground-based and HST surveys
• Implications for the Hubble tension from the ages of the oldest astrophysical objects
• Photometric Redshifts for Next-Generation Surveys
• Supermassive Black Holes at High Redshift are Expected to be Obscured by their Massive Host Galaxies' Inter Stellar Medium
• EPOCHS VI: The Size and Shape Evolution of Galaxies since z ~ 8 with JWST Observations
• The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: final Data Release of 2087 spectra and spectroscopic measurements
• Black-Hole Growth is Mainly Linked to Host-Galaxy Stellar Mass rather than Star Formation Rate
• Major Merging History in CANDELS. I. Evolution of the Incidence of Massive Galaxy-Galaxy Pairs from z=3 to z~0
• CANDELS: Elevated Black Hole Growth in the Progenitors of Compact Quiescent Galaxies at z~2
• Relations Between the Sizes of Galaxies and their Dark Matter Halos at Redshifts $0<z<3$
• High-Redshift Galaxies from Early JWST Observations: Constraints on Dark Energy Models
• The deepest X-ray view of high-redshift galaxies: constraints on low-rate black-hole accretion
• Chasing passive galaxies in the early Universe: a critical analysis in CANDELS GOODS-South
• Evident black hole-bulge coevolution in the distant universe
• High molecular gas content and star formation rates in local galaxies that host quasars, outflows and jets
• The X-ray emission of z>2.5 active galactic nuclei can be obscured by their host galaxies
• Negative cosmological constant in the dark energy sector: tests from JWST photometric and spectroscopic observations of high-redshift galaxies
• Quantifying the Effects of Known Unknowns on Inferred High-redshift Galaxy Properties: Burstiness, the IMF, and Nebular Physics
• UVI colour gradients of 0.4<z<1.4 star-forming main sequence galaxies in CANDELS: dust extinction and star formation profiles
• The Chandra Deep Fields: Lifting the Veil on Distant Active Galactic Nuclei and X-Ray Emitting Galaxies
• Mock Lightcones and Theory Friendly Catalogs for the CANDELS Survey
• Stellar Masses of Giant Clumps in CANDELS and Simulated Galaxies Using Machine Learning
• Investigating the Effect of Galaxy Interactions on AGN Enhancement at $0.5<z<3.0$
• Galaxy Evolution in all Five CANDELS Fields and IllustrisTNG: Morphological, Structural, and the Major Merger Evolution to $z\sim 3$
• Optimized Photometric Redshifts for the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS)
• Early results from GLASS-JWST. X: Rest-frame UV-optical properties of galaxies at 7 < z < 9
• Constraints on the circumburst environments of short gamma-ray bursts
• Probing black hole accretion tracks, scaling relations and radiative efficiencies from stacked X-ray active galactic nuclei
• The emergence of passive galaxies in the early Universe
• The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS) I: The fundamental plane and the formation ages of cluster galaxies at redshift $1.4<z<1.6$
• The AGN-Star Formation Connection: Future Prospects with JWST
• The ASTRODEEP-GS43 catalogue: new photometry and redshifts for the CANDELS GOODS-South field
• Cluster and field elliptical galaxies at z~1.3. The marginal role of the environment and the relevance of the galaxy central regions
• Constraining Lyman-alpha spatial offsets at $3<z<5.5$ from VANDELS slit spectroscopy
• Co-evolution of black hole accretion and star formation in galaxies up to z=3.5
• An alternate approach to measure specific star formation rates at 2<z<7
• On the Classification of UGC1382 as a Giant Low Surface Brightness Galaxy
• Investigating the Effect of Galaxy Interactions on Star Formation at 0.5<z<3.0
• On the AGN nature of two UV bright sources at z_spec~5.5 in the CANDELS fields: an update of the AGN space density at M1450~-22.5
• Passive galaxies in the early Universe: ALMA confirmation of z~3-5 candidates in the CANDELS GOODS-South field
• Extreme emission-line galaxies out to z$\sim$1 in zCOSMOS. I. Sample and characterization of global properties
• CANDELS Sheds Light on the Environmental Quenching of Low-mass Galaxies
• Beyond UVJ: Color Selection of Galaxies in the JWST Era
• A Bayesian Population Model for the Observed Dust Attenuation in Galaxies
• The ASTRODEEP Frontier Fields Catalogues III. Multiwavelength photometry and rest frame properties of MACS-J0717 and MACS-J1149
• Selection of massive evolved galaxies at $3\le z\le 4.5$ in the CANDELS fields
• The angular momentum of disc galaxies at z=1
• SUPER V. ALMA continuum observations of z~2 AGN and the elusive evidence of outflows influencing star formation
• The KMOS Galaxy Evolution Survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ~10 Gyr
• The Origins of UV-optical Color Gradients in Star-forming Galaxies at z ~ 2: Predominant Dust Gradients But Negligible sSFR Gradients
• The ionizing photon production efficiency of bright z$\sim$2-5 galaxies
• GA-NIFS: JWST/NIRSpec IFS view of the z~3.5 galaxy GS5001 and its close environment at the core of a large-scale overdensity
• Mapping the Growth of Supermassive Black Holes as a Function of Galaxy Stellar Mass and Redshift
• The VANDELS survey: Discovery of massive overdensities of galaxies at z>2
• Across the Green Valley with HST grisms: colour evolution, crossing time-scales and the growth of the red sequence at $z=1.0-1.8$
• The galaxy mass-size relation in CARLA clusters and proto-clusters at 1.4 < z < 2.8: larger cluster galaxy sizes
• AGN X-ray luminosity function and absorption function in the Early Universe ($3\le z\le 6$)
• The Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect from Massive, Quiescent 0.5 $\le$ z $\le$ 1.5 Galaxies
• Reconstructing the Assembly of Massive Galaxies. II. Galaxies Develop Massive and Dense Stellar Cores as They Evolve and Head Toward Quiescence at Cosmic Noon
• Studying the Physical Properties of Tidal Features I. Extracting Morphological Substructure in CANDELS Observations and VELA Simulations
• The GOGREEN Survey: Constraining the Satellite Quenching Timescale in Massive Clusters at $\mathbf{z}\gtrsim 1$
• Surface Brightness Evolution of Galaxies in the CANDELS GOODS Fields up to $z\sim 6$: High-z Galaxies are Unique or Remain Undetected
• The Connection between Mergers and AGN Activity in Simulated and Observed Massive Galaxies
• On the Binary-Neutron-Star Post-Merger Magnetar Origin of XRT 210423
• Evolution of the Gas Mass Fraction of Progenitors to Today's Massive Galaxies: ALMA Observations in the CANDELS GOODS-S Field
• Recovering the properties of high redshift galaxies with different JWST broad-band filters
• Growing up in a megalopolis: Environmental effects on galaxy evolution in a supercluster at z~0.65 in UKIDSS UDS
• The nature of giant clumps in high-z discs: a deep-learning comparison of simulations and observations
• The building up of observed stellar scaling relations of massive galaxies and the connection to black hole growth in the TNG50 simulation
• Piercing through Highly Obscured and Compton-thick AGNs in the Chandra Deep Fields. II. Are Highly Obscured AGNs the Missing Link in the Merger-Triggered AGN-Galaxy Coevolution Models?
• When the Well Runs Dry: Modeling Environmental Quenching of High-mass Satellites in Massive Clusters at \boldmath$z\gtrsim 1$
• CANDELS Meets GSWLC: Evolution of the Relationship Between Morphology and Star Formation Since z = 2
• A Giant Disk Galaxy Two Billion Years After The Big Bang
• K-CLASH: spatially-resolving star-forming galaxies in field and cluster environments at $z\approx 0.2$-$0.6$
• A Submillimeter Perspective on the GOODS Fields (SUPER GOODS). IV. The Submillimeter Properties of X-ray Sources in the CDF-S
• On the Impact of Inclination-Dependent Attenuation on Derived Star Formation Histories: Results from Disk Galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey Fields
• Do current X-ray observations capture most of the black-hole accretion at high redshifts?
• Maximising the power of deep extragalactic imaging surveys with the James Webb Space Telescope
• Implications of Increased Central Mass Surface Densities for the Quenching of Low-mass Galaxies
• FORECAST: a flexible software to forward model cosmological hydrodynamical simulations mimicking real observations
• Deciphering stellar metallicities in the early Universe: Case study of a young galaxy at z = 4.77 in the MUSE eXtremely Deep Field
• Local Analogs to High-Redshift Galaxies: I. Characterization of Dust Emission and Star Formation History
• Obscured AGN enhancement in galaxy pairs at cosmic noon: evidence from a probabilistic treatment of photometric redshifts
• New JWST redshifts for the host galaxies of CDF-S XT1 and XT2: understanding their nature
• A Catalog of Emission-Line Galaxies from the Faint Infrared Grism Survey: Studying Environmental Influence on Star Formation
• The luminous, massive and solar metallicity galaxy hosting the Swift gamma-ray burst, GRB 160804A at z = 0.737
• The MOSDEF Survey: Calibrating the relationship between H$\alpha$ star-formation rate and radio continuum luminosity at $1.4<z<2.6$
• Galaxy luminosity functions at redshifts 0.6 to 1.2 in the Chandra Deep Field South
• UV-Bright Star-Forming Clumps and Their Host Galaxies in UVCANDELS at 0.5 $\le$ z $\le$ 1
• Insights on star formation histories and physical properties of $1.2\le z\lesssim 4$ Herschel-detected galaxies
• Evidence of Extended Dust and Feedback around z$\approx$1 Quiescent Galaxies via Millimeter Observations
• The AGN fraction in high-redshift protocluster candidates selected by Planck and Herschel
• Chandra Observations of Excess Fe K$\alpha$ Line Emission in Galaxies with High Star Formation Rates: X-ray Reflection on Galaxy Scales?
• Accelerated structural evolution of galaxies in a starbursting cluster at z=2.51
• PRIMER: JWST/MIRI reveals the evolution of star-forming structures in galaxies at z<2.5
• The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: The EGS deep field -- III. The evolution of faint submillimeter galaxies at $z<4$
• Measuring Stellar Masses of Emission Line Galaxies at 1.2<z<1.9
• 2mm Observations and the Search for High-Redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies
• Empirical Dust Attenuation Model Leads to More Realistic UVJ Diagram for TNG100 Galaxies
• Exploring Gravitationally-Lensed $z\gtrsim 6$ X-ray AGN Behind the RELICS clusters
• Toward a stellar population catalog in the Kilo Degree Survey: the impact of stellar recipes on stellar masses and star formation rates
• UV slope of z$\sim$3 bright ($L>L^{\ast }$) Lyman-break galaxies in the COSMOS field
• Local Two-Sample Testing: A New Tool for Analysing High-Dimensional Astronomical Data
• Identifying Lyα emitter candidates with Random Forest: learning from galaxies in CANDELS survey
• The Dwarf Galaxy Population at $z\sim 0.7$: A Catalog of Emission Lines and Redshifts from Deep Keck Observations
• How the spectral energy distribution and galaxy morphology constrain each other, with application to morphological selection using galaxy colours
• The Impact of Inclination-dependent Attenuation on Ultraviolet Star Formation Rate Tracers
• Characterizing elusive, faint dusty star-forming galaxies: a lensed, optically undetected ALMA galaxy at z~3.3
• The OTELO survey: Revealing a population of low-luminosity current/active star-forming galaxies at z$\sim 0.9$
• Dusty galaxies and the degeneracy between their dust distributions and the attenuation formula
• The diffuse extragalactic gamma-ray background radiation: star-forming galaxies are not the dominant component
• Improved SED-Fitting Assumptions Result in Inside-Out Quenching at $z\sim 0.5$ and Quenching at All Radii Simultaneously at $z\sim 1$
• Analogs of primeval galaxies two billion years after the Big Bang
• Automated galaxy sizes in Euclid images using the Segment Anything Model
• Ultra High-Redshift or Closer-by, Dust-Obscured Galaxies? Deciphering the Nature of Faint, Previously Missed F200W-Dropouts in CEERS
• Dust removal timescale in galaxies across cosmic time
• MIDIS: Unveiling the Star Formation History in massive galaxies at $1<z<4.5$ with spectro-photometric analysis