Bayesian Component Separation for DESI LAE Automated Spectroscopic Redshifts and Photometric Targeting
Bayesian Component Separation for DESI LAE Automated Spectroscopic Redshifts and Photometric Targeting
Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) are valuable high-redshift cosmological probes traditionally identified using specialized narrow-band photometric surveys. In ground-based spectroscopy, it can be difficult to distinguish the sharp LAE peak from residual sky emission lines using automated methods, leading to misclassified redshifts. We present a Bayesian spectral component separation technique to automatically determine spectroscopic redshifts for LAEs while marginalizing over sky residuals. We use visually inspected spectra of LAEs obtained using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) to create a data-driven prior and can determine redshift by jointly inferring sky residual, LAE, and residual components for each individual spectrum. We demonstrate this method on 910 spectroscopically observed $z = 2-4$ DESI LAE candidate spectra and determine their redshifts with $>$90% accuracy when validated against visually inspected redshifts. Using the $\Delta \chi^2$ value from our pipeline as a proxy for detection confidence, we then explore potential survey design choices and implications for targeting LAEs with medium-band photometry. This method allows for scalability and accuracy in determining redshifts from DESI spectra, and the results provide recommendations for LAE targeting in anticipation of future high-redshift spectroscopic surveys.
Ana Sofía M. Uzsoy、Andrew K. Saydjari、Arjun Dey、Anand Raichoor、Douglas P. Finkbeiner、Eric Gawiser、Kyoung-Soo Lee、Steven Ahlen、Davide Bianchi、David Brooks、Todd Claybaugh、Andrei Cuceu、Axel de la Macorra、Peter Doel、Andreu Font-Ribera、Jaime E. Forero-Romero、Enrique Gazta?aga、Satya Gontcho A Gontcho、Gaston Gutierrez、Mustapha Ishak、Robert Kehoe、David Kirkby、Anthony Kremin、Martin Landriau、Laurent Le Guillou、Aaron Meisner、Ramon Miquel、John Moustakas、Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille、Francisco Prada、Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols、Graziano Rossi、Eusebio Sanchez、David Schlegel、Michael Schubnell、Hee-Jong Seo、David Sprayberry、Gregory Tarlé、Benjamin Alan Weaver、Hu Zou
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Ana Sofía M. Uzsoy,Andrew K. Saydjari,Arjun Dey,Anand Raichoor,Douglas P. Finkbeiner,Eric Gawiser,Kyoung-Soo Lee,Steven Ahlen,Davide Bianchi,David Brooks,Todd Claybaugh,Andrei Cuceu,Axel de la Macorra,Peter Doel,Andreu Font-Ribera,Jaime E. Forero-Romero,Enrique Gazta?aga,Satya Gontcho A Gontcho,Gaston Gutierrez,Mustapha Ishak,Robert Kehoe,David Kirkby,Anthony Kremin,Martin Landriau,Laurent Le Guillou,Aaron Meisner,Ramon Miquel,John Moustakas,Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille,Francisco Prada,Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols,Graziano Rossi,Eusebio Sanchez,David Schlegel,Michael Schubnell,Hee-Jong Seo,David Sprayberry,Gregory Tarlé,Benjamin Alan Weaver,Hu Zou.Bayesian Component Separation for DESI LAE Automated Spectroscopic Redshifts and Photometric Targeting[EB/OL].(2025-04-09)[2025-04-29].https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.06870.点此复制
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