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-) morphology analyses in four NIRCam bands, independently. Our parametric fits reveal a strong correlation between galaxy structure and star formation activity up to , as evidenced by the dependence of the Sérsic index () and bulge-to-total ratio () on the position of the star formation rate-stellar mass plane. A tight correlation between and is observed. The evolution of and depends on stellar mass; for example, the median increases from at to at for massive galaxies with $M_*>10<sup>{10.5}</sup> M_{\odot}$, while lower mass galaxies remain at all epochs. The UV 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- 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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