Assessing the photometric redshift precision of the S-PLUS survey: the Stripe-82 as a test-case

Abstract

In this paper we present a thorough discussion about the photometric redshift (photo-z) performance of the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS). This survey combines a 7 narrow + 5 broad passband filter system, with a typical photometric-depth of r$\sim$21 AB. For this exercise, we utilize the Data Release 1 (DR1), corresponding to 336 deg${}^2$ from the Stripe-82 region. We rely on the \texttt{BPZ2} code to compute our estimates, using a new library of SED models, which includes additional templates for quiescent galaxies. When compared to a spectroscopic redshift control sample of $\sim$100k galaxies, we find a precision of ${\sigma }_z<$0.8\%, $<$2.0\% or $<$3.0\% for galaxies with magnitudes r$<$17, $<$19 and $<$21, respectively. A precision of 0.6\% is attained for galaxies with the highest \texttt{Odds} values. These estimates have a negligible bias and a fraction of catastrophic outliers inferior to 1\%. We identify a redshift window (i.e., 0.26$<z<$0.32) where our estimates double their precision, due to the simultaneous detection of two emission-lines in two distinct narrow-bands; representing a window opportunity to conduct statistical studies such as luminosity functions. We forecast a total of $\sim$2M, $\sim$16M and $\sim$32M galaxies in the S-PLUS survey with a photo-z precision of ${\sigma }_z<$1.0\%, $<$2.0\% and $<$2.5\% after observing 8000 $de{g}^2$. We also derive redshift Probability Density Functions, proving their reliability encoding redshift uncertainties and their potential recovering the $n(z)$ of galaxies at $z<0.4$, with an unprecedented precision for a photometric survey in the southern hemisphere.

arXiv commentSubmitted to MNRAS on June 2019. 28 pages, 21 figures, 6 tables

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