Cluster Cosmology » running stellar locus on VLT

h1. Wiki

This can be divided into 3 steps

h2. Step 1 run modelfitting photometry

you can find the scripts at /big/users/shantanu/VLTmfp/catalogs/runmfp_b.sh (for b band and so on)

note that since initial catalogs will be uncalibrated , use -mag_zeropoint for b,I and z bands.
The zeropoints for HST bands is :
F606W 26.493mag, F814W 25.947mag.
the sextractor param file used in the scripts is
/big/des_home/stable/etc/sex.param_sersic
you can edit to remove params you don't need.

h2. Step 2 Produce a matched catalog across all 4 bands

This is the most tedious step. Unfortunately you cannot run sextractor in dual image mode
since coadds are of different size.
The way I did it was to run a modified version of a code
used in DESDM called coadd_grabmatches. I first ran it to match R vs I band and then used
that match catalog to match against z band and so on.
A code to do this is at /home/moon/shantanu/desdm/devel/ImageProc/trunk/src/coadd_grabmatches_singleband.c
There is one line in the code (below # 266) which needs to be changed depending upon number of coluns
in input catalog.
Once this is done you need to make a file with the matched magnitudes in all four bands
(its possible to automate this script with some effort so that it does not need to be changed)

h3. Step 3 Doing the stellar locus

One you have the catalogs all you need to do is to do a fit by eye or quantitative to SED fits provided by Joerg.
Here is my 2nd order polynomial curve fit done to these relations

1) b-R vs R-I
b -R = -0.2904*x^2+1.319x +0.2941
(where x=R-I)

2) R-I vs I -z
R-I = -1.016*x^2+ 3.532*x +0.1294
where x=I-z

3) b-R vs I-z
R-I = -2.20378*x^2+ 3.96368*x +0.386878

You can either use (1) & (2) or (2) & (3) to get the zeropoints.

I did the plotting in ROOT, but probably it can be done in any software.

h4. Step 4 Rerun sextractor with the new zeropoints
Same as (1) but use the new zeropoints now.

h3. Direct calibration of I-band

Joerg pointed out that I band can be directly calibrated using

I_BESS = a0 + a1 * F814W + a2 * (F606W - F814W)

with

a0 = -1.009
a1 = 1.067
a2 = -0.001

!{width: 10%}Izeropoint.png!

This allows us to get direct calibration of I-zeropoint= 28.37+/- 0.02 (where error = sigma of fit/sqrt(no of points))

We then recalibrated (b-R) vs (R-I)

!{width: 10%}plotslrfit.png!

Also a histogram wrt stellar locus

!{width: 10%}slrhisto.png!

the zeropoint for b band = 26.88 +/- 0.02
z band 28.02 +/- 0.012

h1. Results for other clusters

h2. SPT-CLJ0102-4915

I band zero-point = 28.52 +/- 0.0137
b band zp = 26.87 +/- 0.016
z band zp = 28.21 +/- 0.015 (I-0.31)

h2. SPT-CLJ0533-5005

I band = 28.52 +/- 0.0123
b band= 26.69 +/- 0.014
z band = (I-z+0.4) = 28.12 +/- 0.006

h3. SPT-CLJ0559-5249

I-band 28.32 +/- 0.005
b band 27.2 +/- 0.023
z band (I-z+0.44) 27.88 +/- 0.0147

h3. SPT-CLJ2331-5051

I-band 28.32 +/- 0.012
b-band 27.07 +/- 0.017
z-band I-z+0.42 27.9 +/- 0.013

h4. SPT-CLJ2337-5942

I-band 28.38 +/- 0.0123
b band 27.05 +/- 0.0198
z (I-z+0.37) 28.01 +/- 0.0076

h4. SPT-CLJ2341-5119

I-band 28.38 +/- 0.0096
b-band 27.09 +/- 0.021
z band (I-z+0.39) 27.99 +/- 0.013

h4. SPT-CLJ2342-5411

I-band 28.3 +/- 0.017
b band 27.07 +/- 0.021
z band 27.91 +/- 0.007

h4. SPT-CLJ2359-5009

I-band 28.41 +/- 0.0088
b-band 26.92 +/- 0.023
z-band I-z+0.39 28.02 +/- 0.01

Jan 17 update:
Joerg provided a new relation I_BESS - F814W = -0.052 + 0.0095 * (F606W - F814W) only valid for
only valid for (F606W - F814W) < 1.7.

Jan 19

h2. SPT-CLJ000-5748

I : 27.86 +/- 0.0129
b (b-r+2.37) 27.37 +- 0.043
z (I-z+0.56) 27.3 +/- 0.011

h2. SPT-CLJ0102-4915

I : 27.89 +/- 0.014
b : 27.47 +/- 0.0285
z : (I-z+0.51) 27.38 +/- 0.017

h2. SPT-CLJ0533-5005

I : 27.8 +/- 0.0196
b 27.44 +/- 0.0165
z (I-z + 0.62) 27.18 +/- 0.0075

h2. SPT-CLJ0559-5009

(same as 0533-5005)

I: 27.8 +/- 0.0174
b 27.52 +/- 0.0215
z (I-z+0.62) 27.18 +/- 0.014

h2. SPT-CLJ2331-5059

I : 27.83 +/- 0.0085
b 27.54 +/- 0.0175
z (I-z+0.61) 27.22 +/- 0.0152