Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2

Farrow, Daniel J.; Cole, Shaun; Metcalfe, N.; Draper, P.W.; Norberg, Peder; Foucaud, Sébastien; Burgett, W.S.; Chambers, K.C.; Kaiser, N.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Magnier, E.A.; Price, P.A.; Tonry, J.L.; Waters, C.

doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1933

Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2

Farrow, Daniel J.; Cole, Shaun; Metcalfe, N.; Draper, P.W.; Norberg, Peder; Foucaud, Sébastien; Burgett, W.S.; Chambers, K.C.; Kaiser, N.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Magnier, E.A.; Price, P.A.; Tonry, J.L.; Waters, C.

Authors

Daniel J. Farrow

Professor Shaun Cole shaun.cole@durham.ac.uk
Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology

Dr Nigel Metcalfe nigel.metcalfe@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

Dr Peter Draper p.w.draper@durham.ac.uk
Senior Computer Programmer

Professor Peder Norberg peder.norberg@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Sébastien Foucaud

W.S. Burgett

K.C. Chambers

N. Kaiser

R.P. Kudritzki

E.A. Magnier

P.A. Price

J.L. Tonry

C. Waters

Abstract

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 survey is currently obtaining imaging in five bands (gP1, rP1, iP1, zP1 and yP1) for the 3π steradian survey, one of the largest optical surveys ever conducted. The finished survey will have spatially varying depth, due to the survey strategy. This paper presents a method to correct galaxy number counts and galaxy clustering for this potential systematic based on a simplified signal-to-noise ratio measurement. A star and galaxy separation method calibrated using realistic synthetic images is also presented, along with an approach to mask bright stars. By using our techniques on a 69 square degree region of science verification data this paper shows PS1 measurements of the two-point angular correlation function as a function of apparent magnitude agree with measurements from deeper, smaller surveys. Clustering measurements appear reliable down to a magnitude limit of rP1 < 22.5. Additionally, stellar contamination and false detection issues are discussed and quantified. This work is the second of two papers which pave the way for the exploitation of the full 3π survey for studies of large-scale structure.

Citation

Farrow, D. J., Cole, S., Metcalfe, N., Draper, P., Norberg, P., Foucaud, S., …Waters, C. (2014). Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(1), 748-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1933

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Oct 7, 2013
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2014
Deposit Date	Feb 13, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Feb 19, 2014
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN	0035-8711
Electronic ISSN	1365-2966
Publisher	Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	437
Issue	1
Pages	748-770
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1933
Keywords	Methods: observational, Surveys, Large-scale structure of Universe.

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