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We present photometric redshifts for 1 341 559 galaxies from the Physics of the Accelerating Universe Survey (PAUS) over 50.38 ${\rm deg}^{2}$ of sky to $i_{\rm AB}=23$. Redshift estimation is performed using DEEPz, a deep-learning…

Photometric redshift estimation is an indispensable tool of precision cosmology. One problem that plagues the use of this tool in the era of large-scale sky surveys is that the bright galaxies that are selected for spectroscopic observation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-18 Peter E. Freeman , Rafael Izbicki , Ann B. Lee

We conduct a detailed analysis of the photometric redshift requirements for the proposed Dark Energy Survey (DES) using two sets of mock galaxy simulations and an artificial neural network code - ANNz. In particular, we examine how optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-26 Manda Banerji , Filipe B. Abdalla , Ofer Lahav , Huan Lin

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…

Over the years, photometric redshift estimation (photo-z) has advanced through various methods. This study evaluates four distinct photo-z estimators-ANNz2, BPZ, ENF, and DNF-using the Dark Energy Survey Y3 BAO Sample. Unlike most studies,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-08 Paula S. Ferreira , Ribamar R. R. Reis

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

The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is a novel project that aims to map the Southern Hemisphere using a twelve filter system, comprising five broad-band SDSS-like filters and seven narrow-band filters optimized for…

The cosmological redshift of a galaxy's light is inferable from its observable properties in images. Because imaging is much easier to acquire than spectroscopic observations that would allow the identification of distinct line features,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-11 Luca Tortorelli , Daniel Grün

We present an improved photometric redshift estimator code, CuBAN$z$, that is publicly available at https://goo.gl/fpk90V}{https://goo.gl/fpk90V. It uses the back propagation neural network along with clustering of the training set, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-23 Saumyadip Samui , Shanoli Samui Pal

Photometric wide-field surveys are imaging the sky in unprecedented detail. These surveys face a significant challenge in efficiently estimating galactic photometric redshifts while accurately quantifying associated uncertainties. In this…

Key cosmological applications require the three-dimensional galaxy distribution on the entire celestial sphere. These include measuring the gravitational pull on the Local Group, estimating the large-scale bulk flow and testing the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 Maciej Bilicki , Thomas H. Jarrett , John A. Peacock , Michelle E. Cluver , Louise Steward

We present a supervised neural network approach to the determination of photometric redshifts. The method was tuned to match the characteristics of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and it exploits the spectroscopic redshifts provided by this…

Determining photometric redshifts to high accuracy is paramount to measure distances in wide-field cosmological experiments. With only photometric information at hand, photo-zs are prone to systematic uncertainties in the intervening…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-16 Z. Ansari , A. Agnello , C. Gall

We use simulations to demonstrate that photometric redshift "errors" can be greatly reduced by using the photometric redshift probability distribution p(z) rather than a one-point estimate such as the most likely redshift. In principle this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-03 D. Wittman

We present photometric redshift estimates for galaxies used in the weak lensing analysis of the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification (DES SV) data. Four model- or machine learning-based photometric redshift methods -- ANNZ2, BPZ…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 C. Bonnett , M. A. Troxel , W. Hartley , A. Amara , B. Leistedt , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , S. Bridle , C. Bruderer , M. T. Busha , M. Carrasco Kind , M. J. Childress , F. J. Castander , C. Chang , M. Crocce , T. M. Davis , T. F. Eifler , J. Frieman , C. Gangkofner , E. Gaztanaga , K. Glazebrook , D. Gruen , T. Kacprzak , A. King , J. Kwan , O. Lahav , G. Lewis , C. Lidman , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , R. Miquel , C. R. O'Neill , A. Palmese , H. V. Peiris , A. Refregier , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , I. Sadeh , C. Sánchez , E. Sheldon , S. Uddin , R. H. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , R. Armstrong , M. Banerji , A. H. Bauer , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , A. Fausti Neto , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , K. Honscheid , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , A. G. Kim , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , C. J. Miller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , K. Reil , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker

The accurate estimation of photometric redshifts is crucial to many upcoming galaxy surveys, for example the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Almost all Rubin extragalactic and cosmological science requires…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-04 Natalia Stylianou , Alex I. Malz , Peter Hatfield , John Franklin Crenshaw , Julia Gschwend

One of the consequences of entering the era of precision cosmology is the widespread adoption of photometric redshift probability density functions (PDFs). Both current and future photometric surveys are expected to obtain images of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Carrasco Kind , R. J. Brunner

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

We present a photometric redshift (photo-$z$) estimation technique for galaxies in the P\lowercase{an}-STARRS1 (PS1) $3\pi $ survey. Specifically, we train and test a regression and a classification Random-Forest (RF) models using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-28 A. Baldeschi , M. Stroh , R. Margutti , T. Laskar , A. Miller

Traditional photometric redshift methods use only color information about the objects in question to estimate their redshifts. This paper introduces a new method utilizing colors, luminosity, surface brightness, and radial light profile to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 James J. Wray , James E. Gunn