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New Insight On Galaxy Structure From Galphat I. Motivation, Methodology, And Benchmarks For Sersic Models, Ilsang Yoon, Martin D. Weinberg
New Insight On Galaxy Structure From Galphat I. Motivation, Methodology, And Benchmarks For Sersic Models, Ilsang Yoon, Martin D. Weinberg
Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series
We introduce a new galaxy image decomposition tool, GALPHAT (GALaxy PHotometric ATtributes), to provide full posterior probability distributions and reliable confidence intervals for all model parameters. GALPHAT is designed to yield a high speed and accurate likelihood computation, using grid interpolation and Fourier rotation. We benchmark this approach using an ensemble of simulated Sersic model galaxies over a wide range of observational conditions: the signal-to-noise ratio S/N, the ratio of galaxy size to the PSF and the image size, and errors in the assumed PSF; and a range of structural parameters: the half-light radius $r_e$ and the Sersic index $n$. …