The miniJPAS survey
- Author(s)
- Iris Breda, Stergios Amarantidis, José M. Vilchez, Enrique Pérez-Montero, Carolina Kehrig, Jorge Iglesias-Páramo, Antonio Arroyo-Polonio, Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros, Rosa M.González Delgado, Luis A. Díaz-García, Raul Abramo, Jailson Alcaniz, Narciso Benítez, Silvia Bonoli, Javier A. Cenarro, David Cristóbal-Hornillos, Renato Dupke, Alessandro Ederoclite, Antonio Hernán-Caballero, Carlos López-Sanjuan, Antonio Marín-Franch, Claudia Mendes De Oliveira, Mariano Moles, Laerte Sodré, Keith Taylor, Jesús Varela, Héctor Vázquez-Ramió
- Abstract
Extreme Emission Line Galaxies (EELGs) stand as remarkable objects due to their extremely metal poor environment and intense star formation. Considered as local analogues of high-redshift galaxies in the peak of their star-forming activity, they offer insights into conditions prevalent during the early Universe. Assessment of their stellar and gas properties is therefore of critical importance, which requires the assembly of a considerable sample, comprehending a broad redshift range. The Javalambre-Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey (JPAS) plays a significant role in assembling such a sample, encompassing ∼8000 and employing 54 narrow-band optical filters. The present work describes the development and subsequent application of the tools that will be employed in the forthcoming JPAS spectrophotometric data, allowing for the massive and automated characterization of EELGs that are expected to be identified. This fully automated pipeline (requiring only the object coordinates from users) constructs Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) by retrieving virtually all the available multiwavelength photometric data archives, employs SED fitting tools, and identifies optical emission lines. It was applied to the sample of extreme line emitters identified in the miniJPAS Survey, and its derived physical properties such as stellar mass and age, coupled with fundamental relations, mirror results obtained through spectral modelling of SDSS spectra. Thorough testing using galaxies with documented photometric measurements across different wavelengths confirmed the pipeline's accuracy, demonstrating its capability for automated analysis of sources with varying characteristics, spanning brightness, morphology, and redshifts. The modular nature of this pipeline facilitates any addition from the user.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA), Instituto Oceanográfico, Observatório Nacional/MCT, Donostia International Physics Center, Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science, CSIC - Real Jardin Botanico (RJB), Instruments4
- Journal
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Volume
- 528
- Pages
- 3340-3353
- No. of pages
- 14
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae262
- Publication date
- 01-2024
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103004 Astrophysics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/0e733b8e-c520-4cd5-8fa9-f7909758fd3c