COSMOS-Web: A Multi-wavelength Morphological Catalog of ~780,000 Galaxies

Abstract

We present multi-wavelength morphological measurements for all galaxies in the COSMOS-Web survey, i.e., 780,000 galaxies contained in the COSMOS2025 catalog. We perform both parametric (e.g., single and double Sérsic modeling) and non-parametric (e.g., Gini-M20) morphology analyses in four NIRCam bands, independently. Our parametric fits reveal a strong correlation between galaxy structure and star formation activity up to z4, as evidenced by the dependence of the Sérsic index (n sérsic) and bulge-to-total ratio (B/T) on the position of the star formation rate-stellar mass plane. A tight correlation between n sérsic and B/T is observed. The evolution of n sérsic and B/T depends on stellar mass; for example, the median n sérsic increases from 1 at z6 to 2.5 at z2 for massive galaxies with M*>1010.5 M, while lower mass galaxies remain n sérsic1.2 at all epochs. The UV n sérsic values are systematically smaller than those in the optical, although both exhibit similar evolutionary trends. From non-parametric analyses, we demonstrate the distribution of galaxies on the Gini-M20 and asymmetry-concentration planes, and find that morphological classifications based on non-parametric indicators are consistent with those derived from the Sérsic index. The resulting catalog provides the largest and most detailed set of JWST multi-wavelength morphological measurements to date, serving as a valuable community resource for studies of structural transformation, bulge growth, and galaxy-supermassive black hole coevolution across cosmic time.

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