| Background: |
CosmoDC2 is a large, mock galaxy catalog originally designed to support precision dark energy surveys with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The catalog is based on a trillion-particle, (4.225 Gpc)^3 box cosmological N-body simulation, the Outer Rim run. For the mock catalog generation, a new hybrid technique is used that combines data-driven empirical approaches with semi-analytical galaxy modeling.
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| Wavelength: |
30 top-hat filters spanning the range from 0.1 to 2 microns and LSST ugrizy filters. |
| Area Coverage: |
440 sq. deg. |
| Available quantities: |
magnitudes in broad band filters, line and continuum luminosity, redshift, halo mass, black hole mass, stellar mass, galaxy shapes (e.g. ellipticity, half-light radius, and Sersic Index), and galaxy shear.
List of the full columns with explanations
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| Redshift Coverage: |
0<z<3 |
| Simulation Codes: |
- N-body simulation, the Outer Rim run, using the Hybrid/Hardware Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC)
- UniverseMachine and AlphaQ simulations
- Hybrid approach combining empirical methods with semi-analytic modeling using the Galacticus code.
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| Science Products Generated: |
Galaxy mock catalog v1 (cosmoDC2MockV1) |
| Releases: |
Dec 2020: cosmoDC2MockV1 |
| Funding Agency: |
DOE with NASA contributions towards archiving |
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