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We apply machine learning in the form of a nearest neighbor instance-based algorithm (NN) to generate full photometric redshift probability density functions (PDFs) for objects in the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS…

Star formation rates (SFRs) are a crucial observational tracer of galaxy formation and evolution. Spectroscopy, which is expensive, is traditionally used to estimate SFRs. This study tests the possibility of inferring SFRs of large samples…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-10 Satvik Raghav , Prasanth Ayitapu , Sathwik Narkedimilli , Sujith Makam , Aswath Babu H

Photometric redshifts (photo-$z$'s) are crucial for the cosmology, galaxy evolution, and transient science drivers of next-generation imaging facilities like the Euclid Mission, the Rubin Observatory, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-03 Emma R. Moran , Brett H. Andrews , Jeffrey A. Newman , Biprateep Dey

The accuracy of galaxy photometric redshift (photo-$z$) can significantly affect the analysis of weak gravitational lensing measurements, especially for future high-precision surveys. In this work, we try to extract photo-$z$ information…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-11 Xingchen Zhou , Yan Gong , Xian-Min Meng , Ye Cao , Xuelei Chen , Zhu Chen , Wei Du , Liping Fu , Zhijian Luo

Determining the redshift distribution $n(z)$ of galaxy samples is essential for several cosmological probes including weak lensing. For imaging surveys, this is usually done using photometric redshifts estimated on an object-by-object…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-31 Jörg Herbel , Tomasz Kacprzak , Adam Amara , Alexandre Refregier , Claudio Bruderer , Andrina Nicola

With the advent of deep, all-sky radio surveys, the need for ancillary data to make the most of the new, high-quality radio data from surveys like the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU), GLEAM-X, VLASS and LoTSS is growing rapidly.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-13 Kieran J. Luken , Ray P. Norris , X. Rosalind Wang , Laurence A. F. Park , Ying Guo , Miroslav D. Filipovic

The scientific value of the next generation of large continuum surveys would be greatly increased if the redshifts of the newly detected sources could be rapidly and reliably estimated. Given the observational expense of obtaining…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-03 S. J. Curran , J. P. Moss , Y. C. Perrott

Handling big data has largely been a major bottleneck in traditional statistical models. Consequently, when accurate point prediction is the primary target, machine learning models are often preferred over their statistical counterparts for…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-04-02 Arindam Fadikar , Stefan M. Wild , Jonas Chaves-Montero

We present results exploring the role that probabilistic deep learning models can play in cosmology from large scale astronomical surveys through estimating the distances to galaxies (redshifts) from photometry. Due to the massive scale of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Evan Jones , Tuan Do , Bernie Boscoe , Yujie Wan , Zooey Nguyen , Jack Singal

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) is a 100 deg^2 galaxy cluster survey designed to provide a large sample of optically selected clusters of galaxies with redshifts 0.1<z<1.4. The survey data are also useful for a variety of lensing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Henk Hoekstra , H. K. C. Yee , Michael D. Gladders

We investigate the use of simple colour cuts applied to the SDSS optical imaging to perform photometric selections of emission line galaxies out to z<1. From colour-cuts using the SDSS g, r and i bands, we obtain mean photometric redshifts…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Rich Bielby , T. Shanks , U. Sawangwit , S. M. Croom , Nicholas P. Ross , D. A. Wake

Accurate weak-lensing analysis requires not only accurate measurement of galaxy shapes but also precise and unbiased measurement of galaxy redshifts. The photometric redshift technique appears as the only possibility to determine the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Jouvel , J-P. Kneib , G. Bernstein , O. Ilbert , P. Jelinsky , B. Milliard , A. Ealet , C. Schimd , T. Dahlen , S. Arnouts

A new method is developed for estimating photometric redshifts, using realistic template SEDs, extending over four decades in wavelength (i.e from 0.05 $\mu m$ to 1 mm). The SEDs are constructed for four different spectral types of galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Mobasher , P. Mazzei

This paper presents a comprehensive study of quasar photometric classification and redshift estimation using machine learning techniques. We cross-matched photometric data from the Dark Energy Survey Data Release 2 (DES DR2) with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Pablo Motta , Filipe B. Abdalla , Elcio Abdalla , Gabriel S. Costa , Camila Cardoso

Calibrating the photometric redshifts of >10^9 galaxies for upcoming weak lensing cosmology experiments is a major challenge for the astrophysics community. The path to obtaining the required spectroscopic redshifts for training and…

It is a common practice to evaluate probability density function or matter spatial density function from statistical samples. Kernel density estimation is a frequently used method, but to select an optimal bandwidth of kernel estimation,…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-04-27 Zhen-Wei Li , Ping He

We present a set of low resolution empirical SED templates for AGNs and galaxies in the wavelength range from 0.03 to 30 microns based on the multi-wavelength photometric observations of the NOAO Deep-Wide Field Survey Bootes field and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. J. Assef , C. S. Kochanek , M. Brodwin , R. Cool , W. Forman , A. H. Gonzalez , R. C. Hickox , C. Jones , E. Le Floc'h , J. Moustakas , S. S. Murray , D. Stern

The new generation of deep photometric surveys requires unprecedentedly precise shape and photometry measurements of billions of galaxies to achieve their main science goals. At such depths, one major limiting factor is the blending of…

We discuss an algorithm whereby the massive galaxy clusters detected in the SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey are identified and their photometric redshifts are estimated. For this purpose, we use photometric redshift estimates for galaxies and…