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To address the challenge of estimating redshifts when only single-band images are available, this study introduces a deep learning model named ViT-MDNz. Leveraging robust statistical priors learned from large-scale data concerning the…

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We present a robust method to estimate the redshift of galaxies using Pan-STARRS1 photometric data. Our method is an adaptation of the one proposed by Beck et al. (2016) for the SDSS Data Release 12. It uses a training set of 2313724…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Paula Tarrío , Stefano Zarattini

In this paper we introduce the \textsc{Deepz} deep learning photometric redshift (photo-$z$) code. As a test case, we apply the code to the PAU survey (PAUS) data in the COSMOS field. \textsc{Deepz} reduces the $\sigma_{68}$ scatter…

We present an updated version of MegaZ-LRG (Collister et al.,(2007)) with photometric redshifts derived with the neural network method, ANNz as well as five other publicly available photo-z codes (HyperZ, SDSS, Le PHARE, BPZ and ZEBRA) for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-21 Filipe B. Abdalla , Manda Banerji , Ofer Lahav , Valery Rashkov

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

Context. Since the advent of modern multiband digital sky surveys, photometric redshifts (photo-z's) have become relevant if not crucial to many fields of observational cosmology, from the characterization of cosmic structures, to weak and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-01 Stefano Cavuoti , Massimo Brescia , Giuseppe Longo , Amata Mercurio

In the last decade a new generation of telescopes and sensors has allowed the production of a very large amount of data and astronomy has become a data-rich science. New automatic methods largely based on machine learning are needed to cope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-13 Stefano Cavuoti , Massimo Brescia , Giuseppe Longo

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

Many scientific investigations of photometric galaxy surveys require redshift estimates, whose uncertainty properties are best encapsulated by photometric redshift (photo-z) posterior probability density functions (PDFs). A plethora of…

In cosmological analyses, precise redshift determination remains pivotal for understanding cosmic evolution. However, with only a fraction of galaxies having spectroscopic redshifts (spec-$z$s), the challenge lies in estimating redshifts…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-04 Anjitha John William , Priyanka Jalan , Maciej Bilicki , Wojciech A. Hellwing

I present a new approach at deriving far-infrared photometric redshifts for galaxies based on their reprocessed emission from dust at rest-frame far-infrared through millimeter wavelengths. Far-infrared photometric redshifts ("FIR-$z$")…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-09 Caitlin M. Casey

Recent developments in computational power and machine learning techniques motivate their use in many different astrophysical research areas. Consequently, many machine learning models have been trained to classify exoplanet transit signals…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-10 Ayan Bin Rafaih , Zachary Murray

The next generation of cosmology experiments will be required to use photometric redshifts rather than spectroscopic redshifts. Obtaining accurate and well-characterized photometric redshift distributions is therefore critical for Euclid,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Ibrahim A. Almosallam , Matt J. Jarvis , Stephen J. Roberts

Photometric redshifts are estimated on the basis of template scenarios with the help of the code ZPEG, an extension of the galaxy evolution model PEGASE.2 and available on the PEGASE web site. The spectral energy distribution (SED)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Damien Le Borgne , Brigitte Rocca-Volmerange

In the era of huge astronomical surveys, machine learning offers promising solutions for the efficient estimation of galaxy properties. The traditional, `supervised' paradigm for the application of machine learning involves training a model…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 A. Humphrey , P. A. C. Cunha , A. Paulino-Afonso , S. Amarantidis , R. Carvajal , J. M. Gomes , I. Matute , P. Papaderos

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 era of large-scale astronomical surveys demands innovative approaches for rapid and accurate analysis of extensive spectral data, and a promising direction in which to address this challenge is offered by machine learning. Here, we…

Large direct-imaging surveys usually use a template-fitting technique to estimate photometric redshifts for galaxies, which are then applied to derive important galaxy properties such as luminosities and stellar masses. These estimates can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 B. C. Hsieh , H. K. C. Yee

Obtaining well-calibrated photometric redshift probability densities for galaxies without a spectroscopic measurement remains a challenge. Deep learning discriminative models, typically fed with multi-band galaxy images, can produce outputs…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-27 Qiufan Lin , Hengxin Ruan , Dominique Fouchez , Shupei Chen , Rui Li , Paulo Montero-Camacho , Nicola R. Napolitano , Yuan-Sen Ting , Wei Zhang

We discuss the stability of the photometric redshift estimate obtained with the SED fitting method with respect to the choice of the galaxy templates. Within the observational uncertainty and photometric errors, we find satisfactory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Massarotti , A. Iovino , A. Buzzoni