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The PAU Survey and Euclid: Analysing photometric redshifts from realistically simulated narrow-band photometry with Flagship 2

This paper presents a realistic simulation-based analysis of the PAUS survey's photometric redshift performance using Euclid Flagship 2 data, demonstrating that narrow-band observations achieve high precision and low outlier rates while forecasting even greater accuracy when combined with Euclid photometry or deeper narrow-band surveys.

Original authors: A. Wittje (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), H. Hildebrandt (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), D. NavaA. Wittje (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), H. Hildebrandt (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), D. Navarro-Gironés (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands, Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), E. J. Gonzalez (Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Instituto de Astronomia Teorica y Experimental), J. L. van den Busch (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), E. Gaztanaga (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, UK), M. Eriksen (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra), A. H. Wright (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), R. Casas (Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Institute of Space Sciences), J. Carretero (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra), F. J. Castander (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), E. Fernandez (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies), P. Fosalba (Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Institute of Space Sciences), J. García-Bellido (Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain), H. Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands), R. Miquel (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats), C. Padilla (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies), P. Renard (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai), E. Sanchez (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), I. Sevilla-Noarbe (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), P. Tallada-Crespí (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra), B. Altieri (ESAC/ESA, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain), S. Andreon (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera 28, 20122 Milano, Italy), N. Auricchio (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), C. Baccigalupi (IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut 2, 34151 Trieste, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy, INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste TS, Italy, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste TS, Italy), M. Baldi (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Via Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), S. Bardelli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), P. Battaglia (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), A. Biviano (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy, IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut 2, 34151 Trieste, Italy), M. Bolzonella (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), E. Branchini (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera 28, 20122 Milano, Italy), M. Brescia (Department of Physics "E. Pancini", University Federico II, Via Cinthia 6, 80126, Napoli, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, Italy), S. Camera (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese), G. Cañas-Herrera (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands), V. Capobianco (INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese), C. Carbone (INAF-IASF Milano, Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy), V. F. Cardone (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2 - c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Edificio G. Marconi, 00185 Roma, Italy), M. Castellano (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy), G. Castignani (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), S. Cavuoti (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, Italy, INFN section of Naples, Via Cinthia 6, 80126, Napoli, Italy), A. Cimatti (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi" - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), C. Colodro-Conde (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), G. Congedo (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK), L. Conversi (European Space Agency/ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei 1, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy, ESAC/ESA, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain), Y. Copin (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, UMR 5822, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France), F. Courbin (Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai), H. M. Courtois (UCB Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IUF, IP2I Lyon, 4 rue Enrico Fermi, 69622 Villeurbanne, France), M. Crocce (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), H. Degaudenzi (Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d'Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland), G. De Lucia (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), H. Dole (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut d'astrophysique spatiale, 91405, Orsay, France), F. Dubath (Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d'Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland), C. A. J. Duncan (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK), X. Dupac (ESAC/ESA, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain), S. Escoffier (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France), M. Farina (INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00100 Roma, Italy), R. Farinelli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), S. Farrens (Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France), F. Faustini (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy, Space Science Data Center, Italian Space Agency, via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Roma, Italy), S. Ferriol (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, UMR 5822, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France), F. Finelli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy), S. Fotopoulou (School of Physics, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK), N. Fourmanoit (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France), M. Frailis (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), M. Fumana (INAF-IASF Milano, Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy), S. Galeotta (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), K. George (University Observatory, LMU Faculty of Physics, Scheinerstr.~1, 81679 Munich, Germany), B. Gillis (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK), C. Giocoli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), J. Gracia-Carpio (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany), A. Grazian (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Via dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy), F. Grupp (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany, Universitäts-Sternwarte München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Scheinerstr.~1, 81679 München, Germany), S. V. H. Haugan (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, 0315 Oslo, Norway), W. Holmes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA), F. Hormuth (Felix Hormuth Engineering, Goethestr. 17, 69181 Leimen, Germany), A. Hornstrup (Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, Cosmic Dawn Center), K. Jahnke (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany), M. Jhabvala (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA), B. Joachimi (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK), S. Kermiche (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France), A. Kiessling (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA), M. Kilbinger (Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France), B. Kubik (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, UMR 5822, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France), M. Kümmel (Universitäts-Sternwarte München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Scheinerstr.~1, 81679 München, Germany), H. Kurki-Suonio (Department of Physics, P.O. Box 64, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland), A. M. C. Le Brun (Laboratoire d'etude de l'Univers et des phenomenes eXtremes, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 92190 Meudon, France), S. Ligori (INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese), P. B. Lilje (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, 0315 Oslo, Norway), V. Lindholm (Department of Physics, P.O. Box 64, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland), I. Lloro (SKAO, Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington, Macclesfield SK11 9FT, UK), G. Mainetti (Centre de Calcul de l'IN2P3/CNRS, 21 avenue Pierre de Coubertin 69627 Villeurbanne Cedex, France), O. Mansutti (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), O. Marggraf (Universität Bonn, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany), M. Martinelli (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2 - c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Edificio G. Marconi, 00185 Roma, Italy), N. Martinet (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, LAM, Marseille, France), F. Marulli (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi" - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, via Piero Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), R. J. Massey (Department of Physics, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK), E. Medinaceli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), S. Mei (Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, 75013 Paris, France, CNRS-UCB International Research Laboratory, Centre Pierre Binétruy, IRL2007, CPB-IN2P3, Berkeley, USA), M. Melchior (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland, School of Engineering, 5210 Windisch, Switzerland), M. Meneghetti (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), E. Merlin (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy), G. Meylan (Institute of Physics, Laboratory of Astrophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), A. Mora (Telespazio UK S.L. for European Space Agency), M. Moresco (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi" - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, via Piero Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), L. Moscardini (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi" - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, via Piero Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), R. Nakajima (Universität Bonn, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany), C. Neissner (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra), S. -M. Niemi (European Space Agency/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands), S. Paltani (Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d'Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland), F. Pasian (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), K. Pedersen (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Jagtvej 155, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark), V. Pettorino (European Space Agency/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands), A. Pezzotta (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera 28, 20122 Milano, Italy), S. Pires (Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France), G. Polenta (Space Science Data Center, Italian Space Agency, via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Roma, Italy), M. Poncet (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales -- Centre spatial de Toulouse, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France), L. A. Popa (Institute of Space Science, Str. Atomistilor, nr. 409 Măgurele, Ilfov, 077125, Romania), L. Pozzetti (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), F. Raison (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany), A. Renzi (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy, INFN-Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), J. Rhodes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA), G. Riccio (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, Italy), E. Romelli (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), M. Roncarelli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), R. Saglia (Universitäts-Sternwarte München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Scheinerstr.~1, 81679 München, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany), Z. Sakr (Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université St Joseph, Faculty of Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon), A. G. Sánchez (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany), D. Sapone (Departamento de Física, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile), B. Sartoris (Universitäts-Sternwarte München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Scheinerstr.~1, 81679 München, Germany, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), P. Schneider (Universität Bonn, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany), T. Schrabback (Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Technikerstr. 25/8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria), A. Secroun (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France), E. Sefusatti (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy, IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut 2, 34151 Trieste, Italy, INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste TS, Italy), E. Sihvola (Department of Physics and Helsinki Institute of Physics, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland), P. Simon (Universität Bonn, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany), C. Sirignano (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy, INFN-Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy), G. Sirri (INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), A. N. Taylor (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK), H. I. Teplitz (Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), I. Tereno (Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Edifício C8, Campo Grande, PT1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018 Lisboa, Portugal), N. Tessore (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK), S. Toft (Cosmic Dawn Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Jagtvej 128, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark), R. Toledo-Moreo (Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Departamento de Electrónica y Tecnología de Computadoras, Plaza del Hospital 1, 30202 Cartagena, Spain, European University of Technology EUt+, European Union), F. Torradeflot (Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), I. Tutusaus (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie), J. Valiviita (Department of Physics, P.O. Box 64, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland), T. Vassallo (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy, University Observatory, LMU Faculty of Physics, Scheinerstr.~1, 81679 Munich, Germany), G. Verdoes Kleijn (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands), A. Veropalumbo (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera 28, 20122 Milano, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy), Y. Wang (Caltech/IPAC, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), J. Weller (Universitäts-Sternwarte München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Scheinerstr.~1, 81679 München, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstr. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany), G. Zamorani (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), F. M. Zerbi (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera 28, 20122 Milano, Italy), E. Zucca (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), A. Montoro (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), M. Sereno (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy)

Published 2026-06-25

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Original authors: A. Wittje (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), H. Hildebrandt (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), D. Navarro-Gironés (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands, Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), E. J. Gonzalez (Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Instituto de Astronomia Teorica y Experimental), J. L. van den Busch (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), E. Gaztanaga (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, UK), M. Eriksen (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra), A. H. Wright (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute), R. Casas (Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Institute of Space Sciences), J. Carretero (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra), F. J. Castander (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), E. Fernandez (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies), P. Fosalba (Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Institute of Space Sciences), J. García-Bellido (Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain), H. Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands), R. Miquel (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats), C. Padilla (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies), P. Renard (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai), E. Sanchez (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), I. Sevilla-Noarbe (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), P. Tallada-Crespí (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Port d'Informació Científica, Campus UAB, C. Albareda s/n, 08193 Bellaterra), B. Altieri (ESAC/ESA, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain), S. Andreon (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera 28, 20122 Milano, Italy), N. Auricchio (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), C. Baccigalupi (IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut 2, 34151 Trieste, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy, INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste TS, Italy, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste TS, Italy), M. Baldi (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Via Gobetti 93/2, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), S. Bardelli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), P. Battaglia (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), A. Biviano (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy, IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut 2, 34151 Trieste, Italy), M. Bolzonella (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), E. Branchini (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera 28, 20122 Milano, Italy), M. Brescia (Department of Physics "E. Pancini", University Federico II, Via Cinthia 6, 80126, Napoli, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, Italy), S. Camera (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese), G. Cañas-Herrera (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands), V. Capobianco (INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese), C. Carbone (INAF-IASF Milano, Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy), V. F. Cardone (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy, INFN-Sezione di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2 - c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Edificio G. Marconi, 00185 Roma, Italy), M. Castellano (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy), G. Castignani (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), S. Cavuoti (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, Italy, INFN section of Naples, Via Cinthia 6, 80126, Napoli, Italy), A. Cimatti (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi" - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy), C. Colodro-Conde (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), G. Congedo (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK), L. Conversi (European Space Agency/ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei 1, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy, ESAC/ESA, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain), Y. Copin (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I Lyon, UMR 5822, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France), F. Courbin (Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai), H. M. Courtois (UCB Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IUF, IP2I Lyon, 4 rue Enrico Fermi, 69622 Villeurbanne, France), M. Crocce (Institute of Space Sciences, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), H. Degaudenzi (Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d'Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland), G. De Lucia (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34143 Trieste, Italy), H. Dole (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut d'astrophysique spatiale, 91405, Orsay, France), F. Dubath (Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d'Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland), C. A. J. Duncan (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK), X. Dupac (ESAC/ESA, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain), S. Escoffier (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France), M. Farina (INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00100 Roma, Italy), R. Farinelli (INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy), S. Farrens (Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France), F. 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Imagine trying to figure out how far away a car is just by looking at its taillights. If you only have a blurry, wide-angle view, you might guess it's far away, but you could easily be wrong. Now, imagine if you had a special pair of glasses that could split that light into 40 distinct, razor-sharp colors. Suddenly, you can see specific "fingerprints" in the light that tell you exactly how fast the car is moving away from you, which lets you calculate its distance with incredible precision.

This paper is about a real-world version of those special glasses: a project called the PAU Survey. It uses a telescope equipped with 40 narrow-band filters (the "glasses") to take pictures of the universe. The goal is to measure the distances to millions of galaxies (their "redshifts") to map out the large-scale structure of the universe.

Here is a breakdown of what the researchers did and found, using simple analogies:

1. The Problem: The "Blurry" vs. The "Sharp"

Most modern telescopes take pictures using broad bands of light (like taking a photo with a red filter, a green filter, and a blue filter). This is like looking at a car through a foggy window; you can tell it's a car, but you can't see the details clearly enough to know exactly how far away it is. This leads to "photometric redshifts" that are often a bit fuzzy or have big errors.

The PAU Survey tries to fix this by using 40 narrow filters. This is like swapping the foggy window for a high-definition microscope. It should give much sharper distance measurements. However, looking through these narrow filters is harder because the images are fainter and noisier, especially for distant (faint) galaxies.

2. The Solution: Building a "Virtual Universe"

Since we can't easily get perfect distance measurements for every single galaxy in the real sky (that would take too much time and money), the researchers built a virtual universe inside a computer.

They used a massive simulation called Euclid Flagship 2, which acts like a giant digital sandbox containing billions of virtual galaxies with known, perfect distances.
They then "took pictures" of these virtual galaxies using the exact same settings as the real PAU Survey, including adding realistic "noise" (static) and blurring to mimic what the telescope actually sees.

Think of this as a flight simulator. Before a pilot flies a real plane in bad weather, they practice in a simulator that mimics the wind, rain, and instrument errors. This paper is the "flight test" for the PAU Survey's distance-measuring software.

3. The Test: Did the Simulator Match Reality?

The researchers ran their distance-measuring software on the virtual galaxies and compared the results to the real PAU data.

The Glitch: At first, the computer simulation was too perfect. The virtual galaxies had cleaner distance measurements than the real ones. It was like the simulator didn't account for all the little bumps and vibrations of the real telescope.
The Fix: The researchers realized they needed to add a little more "noise" to their simulation to make it realistic. They cranked up the static by a factor of two. Once they did this, the virtual results matched the real-world data almost perfectly. This confirmed that their simulation is a reliable tool for testing future ideas.

4. The Results: How Good Are the Measurements?

Once the simulation was tuned to reality, they used it to see how well the PAU Survey performs:

For bright galaxies: The narrow-band filters work amazingly well, giving very precise distances.
For faint galaxies: The measurements get a bit fuzzier, but the team found a clever trick. They combined the sharp PAU data with data from other, broader surveys (like CFHTLenS and KiDS). It's like using the high-definition microscope for the bright objects and a reliable wide-angle lens for the faint ones, then blending the two views. This "hybrid" approach kept the errors low and reduced the number of "catastrophic mistakes" (where a galaxy is placed in the wrong part of the universe entirely).

5. The Future: What If We Went Deeper?

The paper also asked a "What if?" question: What if we built a bigger telescope and took longer pictures?

They simulated a "PAUS Deep" scenario, imagining the survey on an 8-meter telescope (twice the size of the current one) with better image quality.
The Result: This would be a game-changer. The distance measurements for faint galaxies would become almost as precise as if we had taken a spectroscopic measurement (the "gold standard" of astronomy).
They also simulated combining this deep PAU data with the Euclid space telescope (which sees in infrared light). Adding Euclid's view is like adding a new color channel to our glasses; it fills in the gaps and makes the distance measurements even more accurate, especially for the most distant galaxies.

Summary

In short, this paper proves that the PAU Survey's method of using 40 narrow filters is a powerful way to map the universe. By building a realistic computer simulation, they showed that:

Their current data is working as expected.
Combining PAU data with other surveys makes the measurements more reliable.
If we build a deeper, more powerful version of this survey (perhaps on a larger telescope) and combine it with the Euclid space telescope, we could get incredibly precise distance maps for faint galaxies, bridging the gap between standard photography and expensive spectroscopy.

This doesn't just help us count galaxies; it helps us understand the "skeleton" of the universe and how it has grown over time.

Technical Summary: The PAU Survey and Euclid: Analysing photometric redshifts from realistically simulated narrow-band photometry with Flagship 2

Problem Statement
Accurate determination of galaxy distances is fundamental to studying large-scale structure and galaxy evolution. While spectroscopic redshifts (spec-z) offer high precision, they are observationally expensive and limited to bright samples. Photometric redshifts (photo-z) derived from broad-band imaging are efficient but suffer from limited accuracy due to broad filter widths, leading to degeneracies and outliers. Narrow-band surveys, such as the Physics of the Accelerating Universe Survey (PAUS), offer a middle ground by providing higher spectral resolution. However, the performance of PAUS photo-zs at faint magnitudes ( $i_{AB} \gtrsim 22.5$ ) is difficult to assess using real data due to the scarcity of spectroscopic reference samples in this regime. Furthermore, understanding how to optimize these measurements for future facilities and how they complement space-based surveys like Euclid requires controlled testing environments that real data cannot provide.

Methodology
The authors generate realistic mock catalogues based on the Euclid Flagship 2 simulation (Castander et al. 2025) to benchmark PAUS photo-z performance. The methodology involves:

Mock Construction: Synthetic galaxies from Flagship 2 are assigned PAUS-like narrow-band photometry (40 filters, 13 nm width, 450–850 nm) and broad-band data (CFHTLenS or KiDS).
Realistic Noise Modeling: The simulations incorporate realistic noise by calculating flux errors based on galaxy size, seeing, and limiting magnitudes derived from actual PAUS data. Crucially, the authors identify that the initial noise model underestimated the scatter compared to real data. To correct this, they apply an empirical rescaling, increasing the noise in the narrow-band fluxes by a factor of 2 (equivalent to decreasing the 5 $\sigma$ limiting magnitude by $\Delta m_{lim} \approx 0.75$ ) to match observed statistics.
Validation Samples: To ensure fair comparison with real data, the authors construct "matched" mock subsamples using a k-nearest neighbours (kNN) algorithm. This procedure replicates the selection functions of existing spectroscopic surveys (e.g., SDSS, VIPERS, GAMA) in colour and magnitude space, ensuring the mocks mimic the biases of real validation sets.
Photo-z Estimation: The study employs the BCNZ template-fitting algorithm, which utilizes the high spectral resolution of narrow bands, and compares it with the broad-band-only BPZ algorithm. A weighted estimator ($BCNZw$) is also tested, combining BCNZ and BPZ results to leverage the strengths of both at different magnitude ranges.
Forecasting: The framework is extended to forecast scenarios including:
- A deeper PAUS configuration ("PAUS deep") simulating observations on an 8-metre class telescope with improved seeing.
- Joint analyses combining PAUS narrow-band data with Euclid near-infrared broad-band photometry (Y, J, H bands) and CFHTLenS data.

Key Contributions

Realistic Simulation Framework: The paper presents a robust method for generating PAUS-like mocks that reproduce observed photometric noise, aperture effects, and missing filter coverage, validated against real PAUS data.
Noise Calibration: The study highlights the necessity of empirically adjusting simulation noise levels to account for systematic effects (e.g., calibration errors, blending) not fully captured by theoretical models, achieving a match between mock and data scatter.
Hybrid Estimator Validation: The analysis confirms the efficacy of the weighted $BCNZw$ estimator, which dynamically combines narrow-band precision with broad-band priors to mitigate catastrophic outliers at faint magnitudes.
Complementarity Analysis: The work quantifies the specific benefits of combining ground-based narrow-band surveys with space-based near-infrared data (Euclid) for photo-z estimation.

Results

Mock vs. Data Agreement: After applying the noise rescaling, the mock catalogues reproduce the PAUS data performance well. For a matched subsample resembling the spectroscopic validation set, the normalized median absolute deviation (NMAD) scatter is $\sigma_{NMAD}/(1+z) = 0.011$ .
Full Sample Performance: For the complete PAUS-like sample (up to $i_{AB} \lesssim 23$ ), which lacks spectroscopic validation in real data, the simulations predict $\sigma_{NMAD}/(1+z) = 0.028$ with outlier fractions ( $\eta_{0.1}$ ) below 10% when using the weighted estimator.
Impact of Depth: The "PAUS deep" forecast demonstrates that increasing survey depth significantly improves performance. For $i_{AB} < 23.5$ , a deeper narrow-band survey achieves $\sigma_{NMAD}/(1+z) = 0.011$ with outlier fractions below 4%.
Impact of Euclid: Adding Euclid photometry to the analysis reduces the scatter by at least 50% for faint galaxies ( $i_{AB} > 22$ ) and high redshifts compared to using PAUS and CFHTLenS alone. It effectively mitigates "redshift focussing" (clustering of photo-zs around prior peaks) and lowers outlier fractions to $\sim 3.6\%$ in the combined deep scenario.
Bias: The photo-z bias ( $\mu$ ) remains close to zero ( $|\mu| < 0.005$ ) across most magnitudes and redshifts, increasing slightly only at $z > 0.8$ .

Significance and Claims
The paper claims that the Flagship 2-based mock catalogues serve as realistic and robust tools for testing photo-z algorithms in narrow-band surveys. The study demonstrates that:

Hybrid Approaches are Essential: Combining narrow-band data with broad-band priors (via the $BCNZw$ estimator) provides the most stable and unbiased photo-zs across the full magnitude range, particularly for faint galaxies where narrow-band data alone becomes noise-dominated.
Depth is Critical: The performance of narrow-band surveys is highly dependent on depth. A hypothetical deeper PAUS survey could deliver quasi-spectroscopic precision for faint galaxies, bridging the gap between broad-band photometry and spectroscopy.
Synergy with Euclid: Ground-based narrow-band surveys and space-based near-infrared surveys (like Euclid) are highly complementary. The combination offers the spectral resolution and wavelength coverage necessary for precise photo-zs, aiding in the calibration of broad-band methods, the identification of catastrophic outliers, and the reconstruction of Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs).

The authors conclude that while current PAUS data validates the narrow-band approach, future deeper surveys overlapping with Euclid could significantly enhance cosmological analyses by providing high-quality redshift information in fields where spectroscopy is incomplete or too expensive. The results are presented as idealized upper limits on performance, noting that systematic effects and survey area trade-offs in real-world implementations were not fully modeled.