Re: K-Correction histogram

From: Lifan Wang (lifan@panisse.lbl.gov)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 16:13:52 PST

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    Chris,

            There are four figures in the plot. They are K-R and K-I at z =
    0.05 and 0.08, respectively.

    Cheers,

    Lifan

    On 1 Apr 2004, Chris Lidman wrote:

    > Hi Lifan,
    > From the label on the x-ordinate, it would appear that this is for the
    > R filter. Can you do the same for I? Also, is this plot applicable to a
    > single redshift?
    >
    > Cheers, Chris.
    >
    > On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 19:29, Lifan Wang wrote:
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > >
    > > Here is the histogram of K-corrections for all of the spectra that I
    > > have. The template spectrum Serena sent to me is marked by the red "temp".
    > >
    > > I might have found the reason for the difference between my K-corr and
    > > the Serena's. In my fit, I only normalize the spectra to the observed
    > > magnitudes close to the region of interest, and use a smooth function for
    > > the normalization. When I try to include all the colors, I do end up
    > > something closer to what I can get from Serena's template, but I think
    > > this is unphysical.
    > >
    > > In the attached figure, the spectrum from Serena's template is treated
    > > just as the observed spectra. They are normalized to to VRI magnitudes,
    > > normalizing only to RI magnitudes makes no difference in my results.
    > >
    > > Note that contrary to what's in Rob's email, that in my approach, I did
    > > not "applying the function that pushes it a little up here, a little down
    > > there, in comparison to what Serena did".
    > >
    > > The normalization function I use has NO wiggles, and as it seems, we all
    > > agree that this is important.
    > >
    > > Because my normalization applies only for VRI, the spectra in U and B
    > > are arbitrary. I hope this also addresses Rob's previous email requesting
    > > my spectra at 3000A.
    > >
    > > Cheers,
    > >
    > > Lifan
    > >
    >

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