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Merging galaxies in Pan-STARR

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We studied the r'-, z'-, and y'-band images of merging galaxies from the observations of the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS).

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The merging galaxies were selected from our merging catalog that was created by checking the images of the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey 2 from the observations of the Canada France Hawaii Telescope By using the homomorphic-aperture, we determined the photometric results of these merging systems.

To obtain accurate photometry, we calibrated the Pan-STARRS r'-, z'-, and y'-band data to match the results of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 9. We also investigated the stellar masses of the merging galaxies by comparing the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 3.4um emission with the calibrated y'-band data. We present a catalog of the r'-, z'-, and y'-band photometric results for 4698 merging galaxies.

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For extended sources, our results suggest that the homomorphic-aperture method can obtain more reasonable results than the Desktop Virtual Observatory photometry. We derived new relations between the Pan-STARRS y'-band luminosities and the stellar masses of the merging galaxies. Our results show that the stellar masses of the merging galaxies range from 10^8^ to 10^13^M_{sun}_; some of the dry mergers could be as massive as 10^13^M_{sun}_.

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