MaNGA Pipe3D value-added catalog

We describe here the dataproducts and catalogues extracted from the MaNGA SDSS-IV datacubes using the Pipe3D pipeline. Those dataproducts are the result of the analysis of the stellar populations and ionized gas described in detail in the following articles:

Sánchez et al. 2016a, RevMex, 52, 21

Sánchez et al. 2016b, RevMex, 52, 171

Sánchez et al. 2018, RevMex, 54, 217

The Value Added Catalog comprises a single FITS file per galaxy/datacube within the current MaNGA data release (v2_4_3). Each datacube (*.Pipe3D.cube.fits.gz) comprises five extensions: the first extension corresponds to the header of the original cube (including the World Coordinate System WCS), and the remaining four extensions correspond to a set of datacubes (described in the FITS files Data Model), containing stellar population properties, star formation histories, emission line fluxes and stellar absorption line indices.

In addition to the individual FITS files for each galaxy, we also provide a single table with one entry per galaxy, comprising the integrated properties of those galaxies (e.g., stellar mass, star-formation rate), and the characteristic values (e.g., oxygen abundance at the effective radius), together with relevant information about the galaxy (e.g., ionization conditions in the center of the galaxy). A detailed description can be found in the Catalog Data Model.

In addition to the two different types of files described above, we also include a quality control catalog within this VAC, as described in the Quality Control database Data Model.

In total we provide the described dataproducts for 4815 out of 4857 galaxy cubes included in DR15 (note that in DR16 no new MaNGA galaxy cubes were released). The remaining ones have issues with the data (low S/N, masked areas, problems with the spectrophotometric calibration), therefore the pipeline fails when trying to analyze them. In addition we have a set of cubes/galaxies for which the fitting presents some problem or we are not satisfied with the quality in general. Therefore, in the catalogue of integrated/characteristic properties there is a total of 4656 galaxies, although the dataproducts cubes comprise 4815 cubes in total.

Example of the dataproducts

The following figure shows the distribution along the so-called Star Formation main sequence (actually the Hα Luminosity vs. the Stellar Mass) for a subset of galaxies included in this distribution. In each panel, each galaxy is represented by the two dimensional distribution of a particular property of the galaxy. From top-left to bottom-right: (1) the light distribution in the u, g and r-band, (2) the light distribution in [OIII], Hα and [NII], (3) the light-weighted age distribution, (4) the stellar velocity map, (5) the ionized gas velocity map, and (6) the distribution of stellar metallicity. Click on an individual panel to enlarge.

Quality Control

A visual inspection was applied to (1) the central spectrum (2.5 arcsec/diameter) and best fitted model, and (2) the continuum and emission line maps, as shown below, in order to identify critical/evident problems that may affect the quality of the data for the ~4800 analyzed datacubes. An example of those plots is shown below. When there is a clear issue with the data or the fitting, the galaxy/cube is marked and it is removed from the list. Prior to any removal a new attempt to analyze the data touching the input parameter of the pipeline is performed. Only for less than 200 cubes we needed to adjust the input parameters in order to improve the quality of the analysis. In total 159 galaxies were removed due to critical issues with the input data.

Example of the best fitted model to the central spectrum for a MaNGA galaxy From left to right: (1) SDSS g,r,i image; (2) MaNGA g,r,i image; (3) [OIII], Hα, [NII] emission line intensity image

Note: Similar plots can be found for all the galaxies in the following location

In addition to the visual inspection, to test the accuracy of the derived quantity we have performed a few very simple comparisons between the quantities derived by Pipe3D and that included in the NSA catalogue, including two basic parameters, the integrated stellar mass and the redshift:

Left-panel: Comparison between the stellar masses derived by the NSA and Pipe3D. Most masses agree within ~0.24 dex (1-sigma), with only 55 galaxies being out by more than 2 sigma. The mean offset between both datasets is 0.07 dex, corresponding to the difference between the adopted cosmologies and the differences in initial mass functions (IMFs). Right-panel: Comparison between the redshift derived using the stellar information by Pipe3D and the one listed in the NSA catalog. An offset of 80 km/s (z_NSA-z_Pipe3D) is observed. A total of 3 outliers are found in this comparison (all of them producing differences in the stellar mass too).

In general the number of galaxies with clear offsets between the NSA and the Pipe3D results is small (~3%), and so far the nature of these discrepancies are not clear. More comparisons are foreseen in future analysis.

The catalogue of QC-flags labels as BAD those cubes/galaxies for which Pipe3D is unable to derive a dataproduct. This applies to 17 data cubes, with an additional 32 data cubes directly removed from the catalog for being impossible to derive the average properties of the galaxies. The catalogue labels as WARNING those data cubes that either have a potential problem in the fitting and had to be refitted manually (~30 cubes/galaxies), and those that have differences either in the redshift or the stellar mass (~50 galaxies) derivation when comparing to the NSA results beyond 2-sigma.

In summary, of the 4857 original cubes, only for 4825 it was possible to perform the analysis. Of them in 10 the fitting process did not converge (mostly empty field or very low-S/N targets). In addition there are 17 bad cubes and 84 possible warnings.

Access to the data

The different dataproducts can be downloaded from the following links:

Caveat

  • The velocity dispersion derived for the emission lines included in the "flux_elines" extension of the Pipe3D fits files have a bug, and should be multiplied by a factor sqrt(2) (~1.41) before any further analysis. This bug affects the DR15 and earlier versions of the VAC, and will be fixed in future versions.
  • We recommend that you do not use any emission line properties derived redwards of 9450Å for science purposes, due to the range in wavelength of the stellar library used.
  • The effective widths (EW) of the emission lines in the DR14 version of this VAC unfortunately suffered from a bug and are all a factor 2 too large. To get the correct EW, multiply the values with 0.5. This has been fixed in the DR15 and future versions of the VAC.

Acknowledgement

These dataproducts are freely offered to the community. If you make use of these data products, we only request that you include the following line in the acknowledgements: This project makes use of the MaNGA-Pipe3D dataproducts. We thank the IA-UNAM MaNGA team for creating this catalogue, and the Conacyt Project CB-285080 for supporting them., and to cite the following papers: Sánchez et al. 2016b, RevMex, 52, 171 and Sánchez et al. 2018, RevMex, 54, 217 (paper presenting this VAC).