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Prospector-beta Priors
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This model is intended for fitting galaxy photometry where the redshift is unknown.
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The priors encode empirical constraints of redshifts, masses, and star formation histories in the galaxy population.
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This model is intended for fitting galaxy photometry where the redshift is
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unknown. The priors encode empirical constraints of redshifts, masses, and star
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formation histories in the galaxy population.
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N.B.: Please make sure to update to the Prospector-beta version post commit `09a83f2 <https://github.com/bd-j/prospector/commit/09a83f28cae3bcc0f0397b3a0b8d85aa4f96bf12>`_, merged on May 19, 2023. This is a major update to the SFH(M, z) prior, ensuring the expectation values of SFRs are well-behaved over the full prior space.
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N.B.: Please make sure to update to the Prospector-beta version post commit
Additionally we provide different combinations of the priors for flexibility, which includes the following:
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* ``PhiSFHfixZred`` : same as above, but keeping zred fixed to a user-specified value, 'zred', during fitting
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* ``NzSFH`` : number density + mass function + mass-met + SFH(M, z); this is the full set of Prospector-beta priors.
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We describe each of the priors briefly below. Please cite `wang23 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ApJ...944L..58W/abstract>`_ and the relevant papers if any of the priors are used.
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We describe each of the priors briefly below. Please cite `wang23
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<https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ApJ...944L..58W/abstract>`_ and the
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relevant papers if any of the priors are used.
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Stellar Mass Function
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Two options are available, the choice of which depends on the given scientific question.
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The relevant data files are ``prior_data/pdf_of_z_l20.txt`` & ``prior_data/pdf_of_z_l20t18.txt``.
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These mass functions can also be replaced by supplying new data files to ``prior_data/``
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1. ``"const_phi = True"``
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The mass functions between 0.2 ≤ z ≤ 3.0 are taken from `leja20 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...893..111L/abstract>`_. Outside this redshift range, we adopt a nearest-neighbor solution, i.e., the z = 0.2 and z = 3 mass functions.
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The mass functions between 0.2 ≤ z ≤ 3.0 are taken from `leja20
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<https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...893..111L/abstract>`_. Outside this
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redshift range, we adopt a nearest-neighbor solution, i.e., the z = 0.2 and z =
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3 mass functions.
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2. ``"const_phi = False"``
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The mass functions are switched to those from `tacchella18 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...868...92T/abstract>`_ between 4 < z < 12, with the 3 < z < 4 transition from `leja20 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...893..111L/abstract>`_ managed with a smoothly-varying average in number density space. We use the z = 12 mass function for z > 12.
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The mass functions are switched to those from `tacchella18
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<https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...868...92T/abstract>`_ between 4 < z
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< 12, with the 3 < z < 4 transition from `leja20
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<https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...893..111L/abstract>`_ managed with
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a smoothly-varying average in number density space. We use the z = 12 mass
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function for z > 12.
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Galaxy Number Density
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This prior informs the model about the survey volume being probed. It is sensitive to the mass-completeness limit of the data. We provide a default setting derived from a mock JWST catalog, which is contained in ``prior_data/mc_from_mocks.txt``.
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In practice one would likely need to obtain the mass-completeness limits from using SED-modeling heuristics based on the flux-completeness limits in a given catalog.
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This prior informs the model about the survey volume being probed. It is
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sensitive to the mass-completeness limit of the data. We provide a default
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setting derived from a mock JWST catalog, which is contained in
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``prior_data/mc_from_mocks.txt``.
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In practice one would likely need to obtain
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the mass-completeness limits from using SED-modeling heuristics based on the
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flux-completeness limits in a given catalog.
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The SFH is described non-parametrically as in Prospector-alpha; the number of age bins is set by ``"nbins_sfh"``.
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The SFH is described non-parametrically as in Prospector-alpha; the number of
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age bins is set by ``"nbins_sfh"``.
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In contrast to the null expectation assumed in Prospector-alpha, the expectation value in each age bin is matched to the cosmic star formation rate densities in `behroozi19 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019MNRAS.488.3143B/abstract>`_, while the distribution about the mean remains to be the Student’s-t distribution. The sigma of the Student’s-t distribution is set by ``"logsfr_ratio_tscale"``, and the range is clipped to be within ``"logsfr_ratio_mini"`` and ``"logsfr_ratio_maxi"``.
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In contrast to the null expectation assumed in Prospector-alpha, the expectation
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value in each age bin is matched to the cosmic star formation rate densities in
while the distribution about the mean remains to be the Student's-t
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distribution. The sigma of the Student's-t distribution is set by
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``"logsfr_ratio_tscale"``, and the range is clipped to be within
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``"logsfr_ratio_mini"`` and ``"logsfr_ratio_maxi"``.
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A simple mass dependence on SFH is further introduced by shifting the start of the age bins as a function of mass. This SFH prior effectively encodes an expectation that high-mass galaxies form earlier, and low-mass galaxies form later, than naive expectations from the cosmic SFRD.
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A simple mass dependence on SFH is further introduced by shifting the start of
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the age bins as a function of mass. This SFH prior effectively encodes an
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expectation that high-mass galaxies form earlier, and low-mass galaxies form
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later, than naive expectations from the cosmic SFRD.
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This is the stellar mass–stellar metallicity relationship measured from the SDSS in `gallazzi05 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005MNRAS.362...41G/abstract>`_, introduced in `leja19 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...876....3L/abstract>`_.
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This is the stellar mass-stellar metallicity relationship measured from the SDSS
In this parameterization, the SFR of each bin is derived from sampling a vector
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of parameters describing the *ratio* of SFRs in adjacent temporal bins. By
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default, a Student-t prior distribution (like a Gaussian but with heavier tails)
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is placed on the log of these ratios. This results in a prior SFH that tends
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toward constant SFR, and down-weights drmamtic changes in the SFR between
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adjacent bins. The overall normalization is provided by the ``logmass``
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adjacent bins. The width of the distribution can be ajusted to produce smoother
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or burstier SFHs.The overall normalization is provided by the ``logmass``
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In detail, the SFR in each timetime is computed as
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implementing this treatment is available as the ``"continuity_psb_sfh"`` entry
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of :py:class:`prospect.models.templates.TemplateLibrary`
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'Stochastic' SFH
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This SFH (hyper-)prior uses the power spectrum of SFH fluctuations -- the
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parameters of which can be sampled -- to determine the covariance matrix between
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(adjacent and non-adjacent) temporal bins of SFR. See `Wan et al. 24 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024arXiv240414494W/abstract>`_ for
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details. This prior is adapted from the Extended Regulator model developed in
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`Caplar & Tacchella (2019) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019MNRAS.487.3845C/abstract>`_ and `Tacchella, Forbes & Caplar (2020) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.497..698T/abstract>`_ , in
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conjunction with the GP implementation of `Iyer & Speagle et al. (2024) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024ApJ...961...53I/abstract>`_ taken from `this module <https://github.com/kartheikiyer/GP-SFH>`_ .
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Dirichlet SFH
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See `leja17 <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...837..170L/abstract>`_,
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