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Semi-analytic forecasts for Roman - the beginning of a new era of deep-wide galaxy surveys

Yung, L. Y. Aaron
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Somerville, Rachel S.
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Finkelstein, Steven L.
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February 1, 2023
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next flagship observatory, will redefine deep-field galaxy survey with a field of view two orders of magnitude larger than Hubble and an angular resolution of matching quality. These future deep-wide galaxy surveys necessitate new simulations to forecast their scientific output and to optimize survey strategies. In this work, we present five realizations of 2-deg(2) light cones, containing a total of greater than or similar to 25 million simulated galaxies with similar to-16 greater than or similar to M-UV greater than or similar to -25 spanning z 0 to 10. This data set enables a new set of experiments with the impacts of survey size on the derived galaxy formation and cosmological constraints. The intrinsic and observable galaxy properties are predicted using a well-established, physics-based semi-analytic modelling approach. We provide forecasts for number density, cosmic SFR, field-to-field variance, and angular two-point correlation functions, and demonstrate how the future wide-field surveys will be able to improve these measurements relative to current generation surveys. We also present a comparison between these light cones and others that have been constructed with empirical models. The mock light cones are designed to facilitate the exploration of multi-instrument synergies and connecting with current generation instruments and legacy surveys. In addition to Roman, we also provide photometry for a number of other instruments on upcoming facilities, including Euclid and Rubin, as well as the instruments, that are part of many legacy surveys. Full object catalogues and data tables for the results presented in this work are made available through a web-based, interactive portal.

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research article
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stac3595
Web of Science ID

WOS:000918463500002

Author(s)
Yung, L. Y. Aaron
Somerville, Rachel S.
Finkelstein, Steven L.
Behroozi, Peter
Dave, Romeel
Ferguson, Henry C.
Gardner, Jonathan P.
Popping, Gergo
Malhotra, Sangeeta
Papovich, Casey
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Date Issued

2023-02-01

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Published in
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society
Volume

519

Issue

1

Start page

1578

End page

1600

Subjects

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

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galaxies: evolution

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galaxies: formation

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galaxies: high-redshifts

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galaxies: star formation

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astronomical data base: surveys

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stellar population synthesis

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molecular gas content

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star-formation rates

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luminosity function

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cosmic variance

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forming galaxy

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mass functions

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merger rates

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light-cones

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REVIEWED

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February 27, 2023
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