PAC in DESI. I. Galaxy Stellar Mass Function into the $10^6{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ Frontier

Abstract

The Photometric Objects Around Cosmic Webs (PAC) method integrates cosmological photometric and spectroscopic surveys, offering valuable insights into galaxy formation. PAC measures the excess surface density of photometric objects, ${\bar{n}}_2{w}_{\mathrm{p}}$, with specific physical properties around spectroscopic tracers. In this study, we improve the PAC method to make it more rigorous and eliminate the need for redshift bins. We apply the enhanced PAC method to the DESI Y1 BGS Bright spectroscopic sample and the deep DECaLS photometric sample, obtaining ${\bar{n}}_2{w}_{\mathrm{p}}$ measurements across the complete stellar mass range, from $10^{5.3}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ to $10^{11.5}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ for blue galaxies, and from $10^{6.3}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ to $10^{11.9}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ for red galaxies. We combine ${\bar{n}}_2{w}_{\mathrm{p}}$ with $w_{\mathrm{p}}$ measurements from the BGS sample, which is not necessarily complete in stellar mass. Assuming that galaxy bias is primarily determined by stellar mass and colour, we derive the galaxy stellar mass functions (GSMFs) down to $10^{5.3}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ for blue galaxies and $10^{6.3}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ for red galaxies, while also setting lower limits for smaller masses. The blue and red GSMFs are well described by single and double Schechter functions, respectively, with low-mass end slopes of ${\alpha }_{\mathrm{blue}}=-1.54_{-0.02}^{+0.02}$ and ${\alpha }_{\mathrm{red}}=-2.50_{-0.08}^{+0.08}$, resulting in the dominance of red galaxies below $10^{7.6}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$. Stage-IV cosmological photometric surveys, capable of reaching 2-3 magnitudes deeper than DECaLS, present an opportunity to explore the entire galaxy population in the local universe with PAC. This advancement allows us to address critical questions regarding the nature of dark matter, the physics of reionization, and the formation of dwarf galaxies.

33 pages, 17 + 10 figures. Published in MNRAS. See Figure 14, 15 and 17 for the GSMFs

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