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Strong gravitational lensing provides valuable insights into the mass distribution of galaxies and the nature of dark matter. However, its modeling is computationally demanding due to the large volume of strong lensing observations. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 Juan J. Ancona-Flores , A. Hernández-Almada , V. Motta

Strong lensing of background galaxies provides important information about the matter distribution around lens galaxies. Traditional modelling of such strong lenses is both time and resource intensive. Fast and automated analysis methods…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-09 Priyanka Gawade , Anupreeta More , Surhud More , Akisato Kimura , Alessandro Sonnenfeld , Masamune Oguri , Naoki Yoshida

With the advent of next-generation surveys and the expectation of discovering huge numbers of strong gravitational lens systems, much effort is being invested into developing automated procedures for handling the data. The several orders of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 Jacob Maresca , Simon Dye , Nan Li

Future large-scale surveys with high resolution imaging will provide us with a few $10^5$ new strong galaxy-scale lenses. These strong lensing systems however will be contained in large data amounts which are beyond the capacity of human…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 C. Schaefer , M. Geiger , T. Kuntzer , J-P. Kneib

We introduce a novel method for reconstructing the projected matter distributions of galaxy clusters with weak-lensing (WL) data based on convolutional neural network (CNN). Training datasets are generated with ray-tracing through…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-30 Sungwook E. Hong , Sangnam Park , M. James Jee , Dongsu Bak , Sangjun Cha

As we enter the era of large-scale imaging surveys with the up-coming telescopes such as LSST and SKA, it is envisaged that the number of known strong gravitational lensing systems will increase dramatically. However, these events are still…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-14 Daniel Magro , Kristian Zarb Adami , Andrea DeMarco , Simone Riggi , Eva Sciacca

Next generation large sky surveys will observe up to billions of galaxies for which basic structural parameters are needed to study their evolution. This is a challenging task that, for ground-based observations, is complicated by seeing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-04 R. Li , N. R. Napolitano , N. Roy , C. Tortora , F. La Barbera , A. Sonnenfeld , C. Qiu , S. Liu

Efficient algorithms are being developed to search for strong gravitational lens systems owing to increasing large imaging surveys. Neural networks have been successfully used to discover galaxy-scale lens systems in imaging surveys such as…

In this work we describe a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to accurately predict the scene illumination. Taking image patches as input, the CNN works in the spatial domain without using hand-crafted features that are employed by most…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-04-20 Simone Bianco , Claudio Cusano , Raimondo Schettini

We demonstrate the ability of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to mitigate systematics in the virial scaling relation and produce dynamical mass estimates of galaxy clusters with remarkably low bias and scatter. We present two models,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Matthew Ho , Markus Michael Rau , Michelle Ntampaka , Arya Farahi , Hy Trac , Barnabas Poczos

Convolution Neural Networks trained for the task of lens finding with similar architecture and training data as is commonly found in the literature are biased classifiers. An understanding of the selection function of lens finding neural…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-21 A. Herle , C. M. O'Riordan , S. Vegetti

Artificial neural networks are finding increasing use in astronomy, but understanding the limitations of these models can be difficult. We utilize a statistical method, a sensitivity probe, designed to complement established methods for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-07 C. Jacobs , K. Glazebrook , A. K. Qin , T. Collett

In this paper, we examine the strength of deep learning technique for diagnosing lung cancer on medical image analysis problem. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) models become popular among the pattern recognition and computer vision…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Mehdi Fatan Serj , Bahram Lavi , Gabriela Hoff , Domenec Puig Valls

We demonstrate the potential of Deep Learning methods for measurements of cosmological parameters from density fields, focusing on the extraction of non-Gaussian information. We consider weak lensing mass maps as our dataset. We aim for our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Jorit Schmelzle , Aurelien Lucchi , Tomasz Kacprzak , Adam Amara , Raphael Sgier , Alexandre Réfrégier , Thomas Hofmann

Galaxy-scale strong lenses in galaxy clusters provide a unique tool to investigate their inner mass distribution and the sub-halo density profiles in the low-mass regime, which can be compared with the predictions from cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 G. Angora , P. Rosati , M. Meneghetti , M. Brescia , A. Mercurio , C. Grillo , P. Bergamini , A. Acebron , G. Caminha , M. Nonino , L. Tortorelli , L. Bazzanini , E. Vanzella

Machine learning models can greatly improve the search for strong gravitational lenses in imaging surveys by reducing the amount of human inspection required. In this work, we test the performance of supervised, semi-supervised, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-17 Keerthi Vasan G. C. , Stephen Sheng , Tucker Jones , Chi Po Choi , James Sharpnack

Strong gravitational lensing (SL) by galaxy clusters is a powerful probe of their inner mass distribution and a key test bed for cosmological models. However, the detection of SL events in wide-field surveys such as Euclid requires robust,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Euclid Collaboration , L. Bazzanini , G. Angora , P. Bergamini , M. Meneghetti , P. Rosati , A. Acebron , C. Grillo , M. Lombardi , R. Ratta , M. Fogliardi , G. Di Rosa , D. Abriola , M. D'Addona , G. Granata , L. Leuzzi , A. Mercurio , S. Schuldt , E. Vanzella , C. Tortora , B. Altieri , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , A. Costille , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Escoffier , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , R. Laureijs , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. J. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , M. Calabrese , A. Cappi , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , W. G. Hartley , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , E. Aubourg , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , H. Böhringer , M. Bonici , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , B. Clément , F. Cogato , S. Conseil , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , M. Y. Elkhashab , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , V. Gautard , R. Gavazzi , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , A. H. Gonzalez , G. Gozaliasl , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , M. Magliocchetti , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , C. Murray , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , D. Paoletti , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , P. -F. Rocci , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , J. G. Sorce , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton , D. Scott

Strong gravitational lensing of active galactic nuclei (AGN) enables measurements of cosmological parameters through time-delay cosmography (TDC). With data from the upcoming LSST survey, we anticipate using a sample of O(1000) lensed AGN…

The Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) has shown impressive performance in image classification because of its strong learning capabilities. However, it demands a substantial and balanced dataset for effective training. Otherwise, networks…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Arun Kunwar , Dibakar Raj Pant , Jukka Heikkonen , Rajeev Kanth

Most existing star-galaxy classifiers use the reduced summary information from catalogs, requiring careful feature extraction and selection. The latest advances in machine learning that use deep convolutional neural networks allow a machine…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-20 Edward J. Kim , Robert J. Brunner