ULTIMATE-deblending I. A 50-band Ultraviolet to Mid-infrared Photometric Catalog Combining Space- and Ground-based Data in the JWST/PRIMER survey

Abstract

Our understanding of the early Universe has long been limited by biased galaxy samples selected through various color criteria. With deep JWST infrared imaging, mass-complete galaxy samples can now be studied up to $z\sim 8$ for the first time. However, recent work has revealed systematic uncertainties in measuring physical properties of galaxies based solely on JWST/NIRCam and HST photometry, due to their limited wavelength coverage. This highlights the need for supplementary data, particularly in the rest-frame UV and near-infrared. Here we present the ULTIMATE-deblending project, which will eventually deliver self-consistent UV to radio photometry for galaxies detected in deep JWST surveys, including both NIRCam and MIRI data. In this first paper, we release a 50-band photometric catalog spanning CFHT/U to JWST/MIRI F1800W, covering a total of 627.1 arcmin${}^2$ across two JWST/PRIMER fields. We detail the reduction of the JWST imaging data, the photometric procedures, and the spectral-energy-distribution-fitting methodology used to derive the galaxy properties. Compared with photometry including only HST and JWST bands, the inclusion of deblended low-resolution photometry from ground-based telescopes improves the accuracy of photometric redshifts by $\sim$40%, while reducing the outlier fraction by $\sim$60%. This galaxy sample can serve as a key reference for statistical studies of galaxy formation and evolution in the early Universe. The UV-to-MIR catalogs and JWST mosaics from the ULTIMATE-deblending project have been made publicly available.

22 pages, 13 figures, 4 tables; Published in ApJS; Data is available at http://www.taoofcosmos.space/ultimate/

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