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We report the first analytical expression purely constructed by a machine to determine photometric redshifts ($z_{\rm phot}$) of galaxies. A simple and reliable functional form is derived using $41,214$ galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Krone-Martins , E. E. O. Ishida , R. S. de Souza

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-27 Zhijian Luo , Yangyang Li , Jianzhen Chen , Qishen Cao , Duo Cao , Shaohua Zhang , Hubing Xiao , Chenggang Shu

Despite the high accuracy of photometric redshifts (zphot) derived using Machine Learning (ML) methods, the quantification of errors through reliable and accurate Probability Density Functions (PDFs) is still an open problem. First, because…

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

We use the mock catalog of galaxies, constructed based on the COSMOS galaxy catalog including information on photometric redshifts (photo-z) and SED types of galaxies, in order to study how to define a galaxy subsample suitable for weak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Atsushi J. Nishizawa , Masahiro Takada , Takashi Hamana , Hisanori Furusawa

Large planned photometric surveys will discover hundreds of thousands of supernovae (SNe), outstripping the resources available for spectroscopic follow-up and necessitating the development of purely photometric methods to exploit these…

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

The identification of physically associated kiloparsec-scale quasar pairs is important for understanding galaxy evolution, the growth of supermassive black holes, and their co-evolution with host galaxies. However, their rarity and the high…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-12 Xingyu Zhu , Qihang Chen , Liang Jing , Zhuojun Deng , Jun-Qing Xia , Yanxia Zhang , Jianghua Wu

All-sky radio surveys are set to revolutionise the field with new discoveries. However, the vast majority of the tens of millions of radio galaxies won't have the spectroscopic redshift measurements required for a large number of science…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-01 Kieran J. Luken , Ray P. Norris , Laurence A. F. Park , X. Rosalind Wang , Miroslav D. Filipovic

Studies of cosmology, galaxy evolution, and astronomical transients with current and next-generation wide-field imaging surveys like the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) are all critically dependent on estimates of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-24 Biprateep Dey , Brett H. Andrews , Jeffrey A. Newman , Yao-Yuan Mao , Markus Michael Rau , Rongpu Zhou

Three-dimensional wide-field galaxy surveys are fundamental for cosmological studies. For higher redshifts (z > 1.0), where galaxies are too faint, quasars still trace the large-scale structure of the Universe. Since available telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Sándor Kunsági-Máté , Róbert Beck , István Szapudi , István Csabai

MLPQNA stands for Multi Layer Perceptron with Quasi Newton Algorithm and it is a machine learning method which can be used to cope with regression and classification problems on complex and massive data sets. In this paper we give the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Brescia , S. Cavuoti , R. D'Abrusco , G. Longo , A. Mercurio

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…

Forthcoming large photometric surveys for cosmology require precise and accurate photometric redshift (photo-z) measurements for the success of their main science objectives. However, to date, no method has been able to produce photo-$z$s…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Euclid Collaboration , G. Desprez , S. Paltani , J. Coupon , I. Almosallam , A. Alvarez-Ayllon , V. Amaro , M. Brescia , M. Brodwin , S. Cavuoti , J. De Vicente-Albendea , S. Fotopoulou , P. W. Hatfield , W. G. Hartley , O. Ilbert , M. J. Jarvis , G. Longo , R. Saha , J. S. Speagle , A. Tramacere , M. Castellano , F. Dubath , A. Galametz , M. Kuemmel , C. Laigle , E. Merlin , J. J. Mohr , S. Pilo , M. Salvato , M. M. Rau , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balaguera-Antolínez , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , R. Bender , A. Biviano , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Bozzo , E. Branchini , J. Brinchmann , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , A. Cappi , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , C. S. Carvalho , R. Casas , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , G. Castignani , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , H. M. Courtois , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , S. de la Torre , H. Degaudenzi , D. Di Ferdinando , M. Douspis , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , A. Ealet , G. Fabbian , M. Fabricius , S. Farrens , P. G. Ferreira , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , G. Gozaliasl , J. Graciá-Carpio , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Humphrey , K. Jahnke , E. Keihanen , S. Kermiche , M. Kilbinger , C. C. Kirkpatrick , T. D. Kitching , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , M. Maturi , N. Mauri , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Meneghetti , R. Benton Metcalf , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , S. Niemi , C. Padilla , F. Pasian , L. Patrizii , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. Popa , D. Potter , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , P. Schneider , V. Scottez , A. Secroun , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , D. Stern , F. Sureau , P. Tallada Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , M. Tenti , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , M. Viel , Y. Wang , N. Welikala , L. Whittaker , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca

Deep Learning models have been increasingly exploited in astrophysical studies, yet such data-driven algorithms are prone to producing biased outputs detrimental for subsequent analyses. In this work, we investigate two major forms of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-15 Q. Lin , D. Fouchez , J. Pasquet , M. Treyer , R. Ait Ouahmed , S. Arnouts , O. Ilbert

Studies of the distribution and evolution of galaxies are of fundamental importance to modern cosmology; these studies, however, are hampered by the complexity of the competing effects of spectral and density evolution. Constructing a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. J. Brunner , A. J. Connolly , A. S. Szalay

Cosmology and galaxy evolution studies with LSST, \Euclid, and {\it Roman}, will require accurate redshifts for the detected galaxies. In this study, we present improved photometric redshift estimates for galaxies using a template library…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-06 Bomee Lee , Ranga-Ram Chary