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We focus on the automated classification of eclipsing binary stars using deep learning methods to handle the vast data generated by large-scale photometric sky surveys. These surveys produce extensive datasets that are impractical for…

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The Kepler satellite mission delivers single band-pass light curves of a huge number of stars observed in the Cygnus-Lyra region opening a new window for asteroseismology. In order to accomplish one of the preconditions for the…

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Classifying variable stars is crucial for advancing our understanding of stellar evolution and dynamics. As large-scale surveys generate increasing volumes of light curve data, the demand for automated and reliable classification techniques…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Almat Akhmetali , Alisher Zhunuskanov , Timur Namazbayev , Marat Zaidyn , Aknur Sakan , Dana Turlykozhayeva , Nurzhan Ussipov

High-resolution spectroscopic measurements of OB stars are important for understanding processes like stellar evolution, but require labor-intensive observations. In contrast, photometric missions like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 Rachel C. Zhang , Kaze W. K. Wong , Gonzalo Holgado , Matteo Cantiello

A recent analysis of high precision photometry obtained using the Kepler spacecraft has revealed two surprising discoveries: (1) over 860 main sequence A-type stars -- approximately 40% of those identified in the Kepler field -- exhibit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-11 James Sikora , Gregg A. Wade , Jason Rowe

The Kepler field hosts the best studied sample of field star rotation periods. However, due to Kepler's large 4" pixels, many of its light curves are at high risk of contamination from background sources. The new Kepler Bonus Background…

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We introduce a deep machine learning approach to studying quasar microlensing light curves for the first time by analyzing hundreds of thousands of simulated light curves with respect to the accretion disc size and temperature profile. Our…

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We present a classification of the light curve morphologies of eclipsing binary systems observed by ASAS-SN based on their light curve images. The data of 16500 eclipsing systems having three different classes (detached Algol type, $\beta$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Burak Ulas

The recently launched NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission is going to collect lightcurves for a few hundred million of stars and we expect to increase the number of pulsating stars to analyze compared to the few…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-30 L. Bugnet , R. A. García , G. R. Davies , S. Mathur , O. J. Hall , B. M. Rendle

Stellar rotation plays a key role in stellar activity. The rotation period could be detected through light curve variations caused by starspots. Kepler provides two types of light curves, one is the Pre-search Data Conditioning (PDC) light…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Kaiming Cui , Jifeng Liu , Shuhong Yang , Qing Gao , Huiqin Yang , Roberto Soria , Lin He , Song Wang , Yu Bai , Fan Yang

Microlensing is a powerful tool for discovering cold exoplanets, and the The Roman Space Telescope microlensing survey will discover over 1000 such planets. Rapid, automated classification of Roman's microlensing events can be used to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-03 Somayeh Khakpash , Joshua Pepper , Matthew Penny , B. Scott Gaudi , R. A. Street

Recent studies indicate that the physical properties of eclipsing binaries can be extracted from the derivatives of their light curves. A classification scheme for the derivatives of light curves would be helpful for identifying key…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-28 Shinjirou Kouzuma

We have combined the Kepler Eclipsing Binary Catalogue with information from the HES, KIS and 2MASS photometric surveys to produce spectral energy distribution fits to over 2600 eclipsing binaries in the catalogue over a wavelength range of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. J. Armstrong , Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew , F. Faedi , D. Pollacco

We present a comprehensive study of phase curves and secondary eclipses in the Kepler data set using all data from 16 quarters that were available in 2013-2014. Our sample consists of 20 confirmed planets with R_p > 4 R_e ,P < 10d, V_mag <…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 Daniel Angerhausen , Emily DeLarme , Jon A. Morse

We present an automated classification of stars exhibiting periodic, non-periodic and irregular light variations. The Hipparcos catalogue of unsolved variables is employed to complement the training set of periodic variables of Dubath et…

Many synoptic surveys are observing large parts of the sky multiple times. The resulting lightcurves provide a wonderful window to the dynamic nature of the universe. However, there are many significant challenges in analyzing these light…

Applications · Statistics 2016-02-04 Julian Faraway , Ashish Mahabal , Jiayang Sun , Xiaofeng Wang , Yi , Wang , Lingsong Zhang

The light curves of 2768 stars with effective temperatures and surface gravities placing them near the gamma Doradus/delta Scuti instability region were observed as part of the Kepler Guest Observer program from Cycles 1 through 5. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Paul A. Bradley , Joyce A. Guzik , Lillian F. Miles , Katrien Uytterhoeven , Jason Jackiewicz , Karen Kinemuchi

Recently, machine learning methods presented a viable solution for automated classification of image-based data in various research fields and business applications. Scientists require a fast and reliable solution to be able to handle the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-07 T. Szklenár , A. Bódi , D. Tarczay-Nehéz , K. Vida , G. Marton , Gy. Mező , A. Forró , R. Szabó

While the Kepler Mission was designed to look at tens of thousands of faint stars (V > 12), brighter stars that saturated the detector are important because they can be and have been observed very accurately by other instruments. By…

In this work, we propose a novel method to classify close binary stars, derived from the dynamical structure inherent in their light curves. We apply the technique to light curves of binaries from the revised Kepler Eclipsing binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-05 Anisha R. V. Kashyap , D. Pawar , R. Misra , G. Ambika , Sandip V George