Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues

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Taverna, Maria Antonela; Díaz Giménez, Eugenia; Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel; Mamon, G. A.
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2022
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Many catalogues of isolated compact groups of galaxies (CGs) have been extracted using Hickson's criteria to identify isolated, dense systems of galaxies, with at least three or four galaxies concordant in magnitude and redshift. But is not clear to what extent the catalogues of CGs are complete and reliable, relative to 3D truly isolated, dense groups. Using five different semi-analytical models of galaxy formation (SAMs), we identify isolated dense groups in 3D real space, containing at least three galaxies. We then build mock redshift space galaxy catalogues and run a Hickson-like CG finder. We find that the Hickson-like algorithm in redshift space is poor at recovering 3D CGs of at least three galaxies, with a purity of ∼ 10 per cent and a completeness of ∼ 22 per cent. Among the ∼ 90 per cent of spurious systems, typically 60 per cent are dense structures that failed the 3D isolation criteria, while the remaining 40 per cent are chance alignments of galaxies along the line of sight, nearly all of which are within regular groups, with some variation with the SAM used for the analysis. In other words, while only 10 per cent of CGs are isolated dense groups, as intended, half are dense structures embedded within larger groups, and one-third are chance alignments within larger groups. The low completeness of the extracted CG sample is mainly due to the flux limits of the selection criteria. Our results suggest that a new observational algorithm to identify compact groups in redshift space is required to obtain dense isolated galaxy systems.
Fil: Taverna, Maria Antonela. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Díaz Giménez, Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Mamon, G. A.. Sorbonne University; Francia
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spelling Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like cataloguesTaverna, Maria AntonelaDíaz Giménez, EugeniaZandivarez, Arnaldo ArielMamon, G. A.CATALOGUESGALAXIES: GROUPS: GENERALMETHODS: DATA ANALYSISMETHODS: STATISTICALhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Many catalogues of isolated compact groups of galaxies (CGs) have been extracted using Hickson's criteria to identify isolated, dense systems of galaxies, with at least three or four galaxies concordant in magnitude and redshift. But is not clear to what extent the catalogues of CGs are complete and reliable, relative to 3D truly isolated, dense groups. Using five different semi-analytical models of galaxy formation (SAMs), we identify isolated dense groups in 3D real space, containing at least three galaxies. We then build mock redshift space galaxy catalogues and run a Hickson-like CG finder. We find that the Hickson-like algorithm in redshift space is poor at recovering 3D CGs of at least three galaxies, with a purity of ∼ 10 per cent and a completeness of ∼ 22 per cent. Among the ∼ 90 per cent of spurious systems, typically 60 per cent are dense structures that failed the 3D isolation criteria, while the remaining 40 per cent are chance alignments of galaxies along the line of sight, nearly all of which are within regular groups, with some variation with the SAM used for the analysis. In other words, while only 10 per cent of CGs are isolated dense groups, as intended, half are dense structures embedded within larger groups, and one-third are chance alignments within larger groups. The low completeness of the extracted CG sample is mainly due to the flux limits of the selection criteria. Our results suggest that a new observational algorithm to identify compact groups in redshift space is required to obtain dense isolated galaxy systems.Fil: Taverna, Maria Antonela. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Díaz Giménez, Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Mamon, G. A.. Sorbonne University; FranciaOxford University Press2022-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/202778Taverna, Maria Antonela; Díaz Giménez, Eugenia; Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel; Mamon, G. A.; Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues; Oxford University Press; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 511; 4; 1-2022; 4741-47520035-8711CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac200/6516969info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac200info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.08358info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:45:20Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/202778instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:45:20.651CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
title Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
spellingShingle Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
Taverna, Maria Antonela
CATALOGUES
GALAXIES: GROUPS: GENERAL
METHODS: DATA ANALYSIS
METHODS: STATISTICAL
title_short Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
title_full Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
title_fullStr Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
title_full_unstemmed Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
title_sort Compact groups from semi-analytical models of galaxy formation-III: Purity and completeness of Hickson-like catalogues
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Taverna, Maria Antonela
Díaz Giménez, Eugenia
Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel
Mamon, G. A.
author Taverna, Maria Antonela
author_facet Taverna, Maria Antonela
Díaz Giménez, Eugenia
Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel
Mamon, G. A.
author_role author
author2 Díaz Giménez, Eugenia
Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel
Mamon, G. A.
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CATALOGUES
GALAXIES: GROUPS: GENERAL
METHODS: DATA ANALYSIS
METHODS: STATISTICAL
topic CATALOGUES
GALAXIES: GROUPS: GENERAL
METHODS: DATA ANALYSIS
METHODS: STATISTICAL
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Many catalogues of isolated compact groups of galaxies (CGs) have been extracted using Hickson's criteria to identify isolated, dense systems of galaxies, with at least three or four galaxies concordant in magnitude and redshift. But is not clear to what extent the catalogues of CGs are complete and reliable, relative to 3D truly isolated, dense groups. Using five different semi-analytical models of galaxy formation (SAMs), we identify isolated dense groups in 3D real space, containing at least three galaxies. We then build mock redshift space galaxy catalogues and run a Hickson-like CG finder. We find that the Hickson-like algorithm in redshift space is poor at recovering 3D CGs of at least three galaxies, with a purity of ∼ 10 per cent and a completeness of ∼ 22 per cent. Among the ∼ 90 per cent of spurious systems, typically 60 per cent are dense structures that failed the 3D isolation criteria, while the remaining 40 per cent are chance alignments of galaxies along the line of sight, nearly all of which are within regular groups, with some variation with the SAM used for the analysis. In other words, while only 10 per cent of CGs are isolated dense groups, as intended, half are dense structures embedded within larger groups, and one-third are chance alignments within larger groups. The low completeness of the extracted CG sample is mainly due to the flux limits of the selection criteria. Our results suggest that a new observational algorithm to identify compact groups in redshift space is required to obtain dense isolated galaxy systems.
Fil: Taverna, Maria Antonela. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Díaz Giménez, Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Zandivarez, Arnaldo Ariel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Mamon, G. A.. Sorbonne University; Francia
description Many catalogues of isolated compact groups of galaxies (CGs) have been extracted using Hickson's criteria to identify isolated, dense systems of galaxies, with at least three or four galaxies concordant in magnitude and redshift. But is not clear to what extent the catalogues of CGs are complete and reliable, relative to 3D truly isolated, dense groups. Using five different semi-analytical models of galaxy formation (SAMs), we identify isolated dense groups in 3D real space, containing at least three galaxies. We then build mock redshift space galaxy catalogues and run a Hickson-like CG finder. We find that the Hickson-like algorithm in redshift space is poor at recovering 3D CGs of at least three galaxies, with a purity of ∼ 10 per cent and a completeness of ∼ 22 per cent. Among the ∼ 90 per cent of spurious systems, typically 60 per cent are dense structures that failed the 3D isolation criteria, while the remaining 40 per cent are chance alignments of galaxies along the line of sight, nearly all of which are within regular groups, with some variation with the SAM used for the analysis. In other words, while only 10 per cent of CGs are isolated dense groups, as intended, half are dense structures embedded within larger groups, and one-third are chance alignments within larger groups. The low completeness of the extracted CG sample is mainly due to the flux limits of the selection criteria. Our results suggest that a new observational algorithm to identify compact groups in redshift space is required to obtain dense isolated galaxy systems.
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