English
Related papers

Related papers: The Cannon: A data-driven approach to stellar labe…

200 papers

Understanding the evolution of the Milky Way calls for the precise abundance determination of many elements in many stars. A common perception is that deriving more than a few elemental abundances ([Fe/H], [$\alpha$/Fe], perhaps [C/H],…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-05 Yuan-Sen Ting , Charlie Conroy , Hans-Walter Rix , Phillip Cargile

In the context of large spectroscopic surveys of stars, data-driven methods are key in deducing physical parameters for millions of spectra in a short time. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) enable us to connect observables (e.g.…

A fundamental challenge for wide-field imaging surveys is obtaining follow-up spectroscopic observations: there are > $10^9$ photometrically cataloged sources, yet modern spectroscopic surveys are limited to ~few x $10^6$ targets. As we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. A. Miller , J. S. Bloom , J. W. Richards , Y. S. Lee , D. L. Starr , N. R. Butler , S. Tokarz , N. Smith , J. A. Eisner

Stellar abundances for a large number of stars are key information for the study of Galactic formation history. Large spectroscopic surveys such as DESI and LAMOST take median-to-low resolution ($R\lesssim5000$) spectra in the full optical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-12 Meng Zhang , Maosheng Xiang , Yuan-Sen Ting , Jiahui Wang , Haining Li , Hu Zou , Jundan Nie , Lanya Mou , Tianmin Wu , Yaqian Wu , Jifeng Liu

We aim to prepare the machine-learning ground for the next generation of spectroscopic surveys, such as 4MOST and WEAVE. Our goal is to show that convolutional neural networks can predict accurate stellar labels from relevant spectral…

Context: Massive amounts of spectroscopic data obtained by stellar surveys are feeding an ongoing revolution in our knowledge of stellar and Galactic astrophysics. Analysing these data sets to extract the best possible astrophysical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 J. E. Martínez Fernández , S. Özdemir , R. Smiljanic , M. L. L. Dantas , A. R. da Silva

Data-driven models for stellar spectra which depend on stellar labels suffer from label systematics which decrease model performance: the "stellar labels gap". To close the stellar labels gap, we present a stellar label independent model…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 Alexander Laroche , Joshua S. Speagle

The LAMOST survey has acquired low-resolution spectra (R=1,800) for 5 million stars across the Milky Way, far more than any current stellar survey at a corresponding or higher spectral resolution. It is often assumed that only very few…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 Yuan-Sen Ting , Hans-Walter Rix , Charlie Conroy , Anna Y. Q. Ho , Jane Lin

We present the determination of stellar parameters and individual elemental abundances for 6 million stars from $\sim$8 million low-resolution ($R\sim1800$) spectra from LAMOST DR5. This is based on a modeling approach that we dub $The$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Maosheng Xiang , Yuan-Sen Ting , Hans-Walter Rix , Nathan Sandford , Sven Buder , Karin Lind , Xiao-Wei Liu , Jian-Rong Shi , Hua-Wei Zhang

We investigate applications of machine learning models to directly infer physical properties of brown dwarfs from their photometry and spectra using $\textit{The Cannon}$. We demonstrate that absolute magnitudes, spectral types, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 S. Jean Feeser , William M. J. Best

We proposed a machine learning approach to identify and distinguish dusty stellar sources employing supervised and unsupervised methods and categorizing point sources, mainly evolved stars, using photometric and spectroscopic data collected…

We report the serendipitous observations of 571 luminous supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds by the spectroscopic GALAH and TESS-HERMES surveys: 434 stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud and 137 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. We also find…

The data volume generated by astronomical surveys is growing rapidly. Traditional analysis techniques in spectroscopy either demand intensive human interaction or are computationally expensive. In this scenario, machine learning, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Rafael Garcia-Dias , Carlos Allende Prieto , Jorge Sánchez Almeida , Ignacio Ordovás-Pascual

We train a convolutional neural network, APOGEE Net, to predict $T_\mathrm{eff}$, $\log g$, and, for some stars, [Fe/H], based on the APOGEE spectra. This is the first pipeline adapted for these data that is capable of estimating these…

Large spectroscopic surveys rely on automated pipelines to deliver homogeneous stellar labels, but a substantial fraction of observations are at low signal-to-noise ratio (S/N), where label estimates become imprecise or are omitted. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-30 Weijia Sun , Cristina Chiappini , Samir Nepal

In the current panorama of large surveys, the vast amount of data obtained with different methods, data types, formats, and stellar samples, is making an efficient use of the available information difficult. The Survey of Surveys is a…

In the coming years, next-generation space-based infrared observatories will significantly increase our samples of rare massive stars, representing a tremendous opportunity to leverage modern statistical tools and methods to test massive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Trevor Z. Dorn-Wallenstein , James R. A. Davenport , Daniela Huppenkothen , Emily M. Levesque

Data-driven models of stellar spectra are useful tools to study non-stellar information, such as the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) caused by intervening interstellar material. Using $\sim 55000$ spectra of $\sim 17000$ red clump stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-08 Kevin A. McKinnon , Melissa K. Ness , Constance M. Rockosi , Puragra Guhathakurta

Many problems in contemporary astrophysics---from understanding the formation of black holes to untangling the chemical evolution of galaxies---rely on knowledge about binary stars. This, in turn, depends on discovery and characterization…

Deep learning with artificial neural networks is increasingly gaining attention, because of its potential for data-driven astronomy. However, this methodology usually does not provide uncertainties and does not deal with incompleteness and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-11 Henry W. Leung , Jo Bovy