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     1= psphot Extended Source Fit 20130712 tag =
     2
     3This page discusses some experiments where we ran psphot on simulated images using the current ipp tag ipp-20130712
     4
     5This can be compared to the results with the ipp trunk discussed [wiki:psphot_extended_source_fit here]
     6
     7The 40 simulated images were provided last year by Peter Draper for use in testing the psphot kron radius and magnitude
     8code. They were constructed using E Bertin's SkyMaker program.
     9
     10The objects of interest are simulated galaxies which are described by the following parameters
     11
     12{{{
     13  - x y   centre of object in pixels
     14  - mag   total magnitude
     15  - bt    build/disk ratio
     16  - br    bulge effective radii (half light arcsec)
     17  - bi    bulge inclination (always 1 in this sample)
     18  - ba    bulge position angle
     19  - dl    disk scale length (arcsec)
     20  - di    disk inclincation (always 1 in this sample)
     21  - da    disk position angle
     22  - z     redshift
     23  - ht    hubble type  (10 for pure disks, -6 for pure bulges)
     24}}}
     25
     26These images were run though psphot using the STACKPHOT recipe. The parameters for the set of sources psphot selected for extended source fitting were
     27matched by coordinates to the list of simulated galaxies. In the following sections we examine the fits for the 3 different models.
     28We concentrate mostly on the simple galaxy models, pure disks (exponential profile) and and pure bulges (de Vaucouleur 1/4 profile).
     29
     30== Sersic Model ==
     31
     32{{{
     33    I(r) = I(0) exp[ -k * R ** (1 / m) ]
     34
     35psphot extended source parameters measured for PS_MODEL_SERSIC
     36   EXT_INST_MAG
     37   EXT_WIDTH_MAJ
     38   EXT_WIDTH_MIN
     39   EXT_THETA
     40   EXT_PAR_07       (0.5 / m)
     41}}}
     42
     43Since all of the simulated galaxies in this sample have bulge inclination == 1 and disk inclination == 1,
     44the major an minor axes should be equal and the angle will
     45unmeasurable due to noise.
     46
     47=== Sersic Index ===
     48If we look at the sersic index for all galaxies we get the following histogram. The hisogram on the right shows the counts for pure disks and bulges. We see that the fits for bulges are clustered around 4 as expected while disks mostly have values near 1.
     49
     50[[Image(sersic_index.jpg)]] [[Image(sersic_index_pure.jpg)]]
     51
     52=== Sersic Fit Magnitudes ===
     53
     54The difference between the simulated galaxys' magnitudes and the sersic fit magnitudes are shown in the following plot. 91% of the sources are contained in the band near zero. The reason for the other bands needs to be investigated.
     55
     56[[Image(dmag_sersic.jpg)]]
     57
     58If we consider only the pure bulge sources the fits are better. psphot under estimates the flux somewhat. If we look at pure disks we see the banding.
     59
     60[[Image(dmag_sersic_bulges.jpg)]] [[Image(dmag_sersic_disks.jpg)]]
     61
     62The bands away from dmag == 0 are primarily objects with measured sersic index > 4.5 and small effective disk length.
     63
     64[[Image(dmag_disks_v_dl.jpg)]]
     65
     66=== Radii ===
     67If we compare the measured widths with the source sizes we see effects that are not understood.
     68
     69==== disks ====
     70The following plots compare the measured semi-major axis with the disk scale length. The plot on the left shows all pure disks while the plot on the
     71right zooms in on the linear regime. We find that the measured width is a factor of 2 larger.
     72
     73[[Image(disk_widths.jpg)]] [[Image(disk_widths_zoom.jpg)]]
     74
     75==== bulges ====
     76
     77If we compare the measured width to the bulge effective radius we find that the measured widths are a fraction smaller
     78than expected.
     79
     80[[Image(bulge_widths.jpg)]]
     81
     82== Exponential Model ==
     83{{
     84Functional Form
     85
     86    I(r) = I(0) exp[ -k * R ]
     87
     88psphot extended source parameters measured for PS_MODEL_EXP
     89   EXT_INST_MAG
     90   EXT_WIDTH_MAJ
     91   EXT_WIDTH_MIN
     92   EXT_THETA
     93}}}
     94
     95Since all of the simulated galaxies in this sample have bulge inclination == 1 and disk inclination == 1,
     96the major an minor axes should be equal and the angle will
     97unmeasurable due to noise.
     98
     99=== Exponential magnitudes ===
     100In general the magnitude fit with exponential model is slightly less than the expected value. However when the galaxy
     101sample is restricted to pure disks the magnitude differences are clustered around zero.
     102
     103[[Image(dmag_exp.jpg)]] [[Image(dmag_exp_disks.jpg)]]
     104
     105=== Radii ===
     106
     107As with the sersice models, the measured width is about 2 x the modeled disk scale length.
     108
     109[[Image(disk_widths_exp.jpg)]]
     110
     111== de Vacouleur Model ==
     112The de Vacouleur model provides a good fit to elliptical galaxies. In our sample these are represented by the galaxies
     113with ht == -6 pure disks
     114
     115{{{
     116
     117    I(r) = I(0) exp[ -k * R ** (1 / 4) ]
     118
     119psphot extended source parameters measured for PS_MODE_DEV
     120   EXT_INST_MAG
     121   EXT_WIDTH_MAJ
     122   EXT_WIDTH_MIN
     123   EXT_THETA
     124}}}
     125
     126It looks like there is something wrong with the DEV models.The magnitude differences are all over the place and there was a problem
     127matching up the models with the pure bulge objects.
     128
     129[[Image(dmag_dev.jpg)]] [[Image(dmag_dev_bulges.jpg)]]
     130
     131[[Image(bulge_widths_dev.jpg)]]