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In this paper, we describe a procedure for modelling strong lensing galaxy clusters with parametric methods, and to rank models quantitatively using the Bayesian evidence. We use a publicly available Markov chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) sampler…

In the era of large photometric surveys, the importance of automated and accurate classification is rapidly increasing. Specifically, the separation of resolved and unresolved sources in astronomical imaging is a critical initial step for a…

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In our previous works, we proposed a machine learning framework named \texttt{USmorph} for efficiently classifying galaxy morphology. In this study, we propose a self-supervised method called contrastive learning to upgrade the unsupervised…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-19 Shiwei Zhu , Guanwen Fang , Chichun Zhou , Jie Song , Zesen Lin , Yao Dai , Xu Kong

We present a two-component Machine Learning (ML) based approach for classifying astronomical images by data-quality via an examination of sources detected in the images and image pixel values from representative sources within those images.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-01 Hossen Teimoorinia , J. J. Kavelaars , Stephen Gwyn , Daniel Durand , Kennedy Rolston , Alexander Ouellette

The Euclid Space Telescope will provide deep imaging at optical and near-infrared wavelengths, along with slitless near-infrared spectroscopy, across ~15,000 sq deg of the sky. Euclid is expected to detect ~12 billion astronomical sources,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 Euclid Collaboration , A. Humphrey , L. Bisigello , P. A. C. Cunha , M. Bolzonella , S. Fotopoulou , K. Caputi , C. Tortora , G. Zamorani , P. Papaderos , D. Vergani , J. Brinchmann , M. Moresco , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , R. Bender , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , P. Gomez-Alvarez , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , K. Jahnke , M. Kummel , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , E. Medinaceli , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , R. Nakajima , S. M. Niemi , J. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , M. Scodeggio , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespi , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , J. Zoubian , S. Andreon , S. Bardelli , A. Boucaud , R. Farinelli , J. Gracia-Carpio , D. Maino , N. Mauri , S. Mei , N. Morisset , F. Sureau , M. Tenti , A. Tramacere , E. Zucca , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balaguera-Antolinez , A. Biviano , A. Blanchard , S. Borgani , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , G. Castignani , C. Colodro-Conde , A. R. Cooray , J. Coupon , H. M. Courtois , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , J. A. Escartin , S. Escoffier , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , F. Finelli , K. Ganga , J. Garcia-Bellido , K. George , F. Giacomini , G. Gozaliasl , I. Hook , M. Huertas-Company , B. Joachimi , V. Kansal , A. Kashlinsky , E. Keihanen , C. C. Kirkpatrick , V. Lindholm , G. Mainetti , R. Maoli , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , M. Maturi , R. B. Metcalf , G. Morgante , A. A. Nucita , L. Patrizii , A. Peel , J. E. Pollack , V. Popa , C. Porciani , D. Potter , P. Reimberg , A. G. Sanchez , M. Schirmer , M. Schultheis , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , J. Stadel , R. Teyssier , C. Valieri , J. Valiviita , M. Viel , F. Calura , H. Hildebrandt

Automatic source detection and classification tools based on machine learning (ML) algorithms are growing in popularity due to their efficiency when dealing with large amounts of data simultaneously and their ability to work in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-12 A. Solarz , M. Bilicki , A. Pollo

Multi-band images of galaxies reveal a huge amount of information about their morphology and structure. However, inferring properties of the underlying stellar populations such as age, metallicity or kinematics from those images is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-03 Tobias Buck , Steffen Wolf

The information recoverable from galaxy spectra depends fundamentally on spectral resolution, yet assembling large samples at high resolution remains observationally expensive. We present a deep-learning framework for spectral…

Most galaxies in the nearby Universe are gravitationally bound to a cluster or group of galaxies. Their optical contents, such as optical richness, are crucial for understanding the co-evolution of galaxies and large-scale structures in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-07 Gongbo Liang , Yuanyuan Su , Sheng-Chieh Lin , Yu Zhang , Yuanyuan Zhang , Nathan Jacobs

Flares are a well-studied aspect of the Sun's magnetic activity. Detecting and classifying solar flares can inform the analysis of contamination caused by stellar flares in exoplanet transmission spectra. In this paper, we present a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-25 Nicole Hao , Laura Flagg , Ray Jayawardhana

Hyperspectral images (HSIs) have been widely used in a variety of applications thanks to the rich spectral information they are able to provide. Among all HSI processing tasks, HSI denoising is a crucial step. Recently, deep learning-based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-16 Zhiqiang Wang , Zhenfeng Shao , Xiao Huang , Jiaming Wang , Tao Lu , Sihang Zhang

We use machine learning to classify galaxies according to their HI content, based on both their optical photometry and environmental properties. The data used for our analyses are the outputs in the range $z = 0-1$ from MUFASA cosmological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-05 Sambatra Andrianomena , Mika Rafieferantsoa , Romeel Davé

Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is crucial for understanding galaxy formation and evolution. The 21 cm neutral atomic hydrogen - HI spectral line maps the gas kinematics within galaxies, providing key insights into…

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will produce unprecedentedly deep and wide photometric catalogs, enabling transformative studies of faint stellar systems such as the research of ultra-faint dwarf…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-06 M. Gatto , V. Ripepi , M. Bellazzini , C. Tortora , M. Dall'Ora

Imaging spectrometers measure electromagnetic energy scattered in their instantaneous field view in hundreds or thousands of spectral channels with higher spectral resolution than multispectral cameras. Imaging spectrometers are therefore…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2012-04-25 José M. Bioucas-Dias , Antonio Plaza , Nicolas Dobigeon , Mario Parente , Qian Du , Paul Gader , Jocelyn Chanussot

The success of automatic classification of variable stars strongly depends on the lightcurve representation. Usually, lightcurves are represented as a vector of many statistical descriptors designed by astronomers called features. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Cristóbal Mackenzie , Karim Pichara , Pavlos Protopapas

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remains a challenging condition to diagnose effectively and promptly, despite global efforts in public health, clinical screening, and scientific research. Traditional diagnostic methods, primarily reliant on…

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With the development of a series of Galaxy sky surveys in recent years, the observations increased rapidly, which makes the research of machine learning methods for galaxy image recognition a hot topic. Available automatic galaxy image…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Xiaohua Ma , Xiangru Li , Ali Luo , Jinqu Zhang , Hui Li

Currently available star cluster catalogues from HST imaging of nearby galaxies heavily rely on visual inspection and classification of candidate clusters. The time-consuming nature of this process has limited the production of reliable…

We develop a method for membership assignment in stellar clusters using only photometry and positions. The method, UPMASK, is aimed to be unsupervised, data driven, model free, and to rely on as few assumptions as possible. It is based on…

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