Overview

Details on the production of the DES SVA1 redMaPPer galaxy cluster and redMaGiC red galaxy catalogs are described in Rykoff et al. (2016) and Rozo et al. (2015).  Users should consult these papers for any and all details about the catalogs and tests that have been performed.  Further questions should be addressed to Eli Rykoff or Eduardo Rozo, who are the corresponding authors of these papers, and have email addresses therein.  On this page, we merely describe the structure of the files being distributed, including brief descriptions of each of the columns included in the files.

As described in Rykoff et al. (2016), there are two redMaPPer cluster catalogs.  The first is the fiducial catalog with a more conservative footprint and star/galaxy separation.  The second is the "expanded" catalog, with inferior star/galaxy separation, a larger footprint, and less conservative masking.

As described in Rozo et al. (2015) (see Table 3) there are two redMaGiC red galaxy catalogs, with two different luminosity/density cuts.  These are described as the "Bright" and "Faint" redMaGiC samples, although we note that the brightest galaxies in the "faint" sample substantially overlap the "bright" sample; that is, these are two alternative catalogs and should not be combined.