摘要：We present simulated observations of galaxies at z = 2 and z = 3 to probe the
capabilities of next-generation telescopes (E-ELT and JWST) to measure the structural and
photometrical properties of high-redshift galaxies. We carry out an extensive set of
simulations of high-redshift galaxies adopting the specifications of the E-ELT first light
instrument MICADO. The main parameters (sizes, Sersic index, and magnitudes) of the
galaxies are measured using GALFIT and the accuracy of the determinations is assessed by
comparing the input values to the measurements from many runs with different statistical
noise. We also address the effects on the accuracy of the measurements of possible spatial
variation of the point spread function (PSF) in the field. We find that from
3h exposure
E-ELT near-infrared (IR) images of galaxies at z ~ 2 and z ~ 3 it will be
possible to measure the size, total magnitude, and galaxy morphology with an accuracy of
2−5% for objects as faint as
H ~ 25
and half-light size of 0.2 arcsec. The effective radius of compact, early-type galaxies is
also recovered with ~5%
accuracy, provided that their half-light size exceeds 20 mas. These results are compared
with those expected from simulated observations obtained with NIRCam on board the
JWST.
关键词：instrumentation: adaptive optics;techniques: photometric;galaxies: fundamental parameters;galaxies: high-redshift;galaxies: photometry
