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In this paper, a deep convolutional neural network architecture for galaxies classification is presented. The galaxy can be classified based on its features into main three categories Elliptical, Spiral, and Irregular. The proposed deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-08 Nour Eldeen M. Khalifa , Mohamed Hamed N. Taha , Aboul Ella Hassanien , I. M. Selim

We train deep learning models on thousands of galaxy catalogues from the state-of-the-art hydrodynamic simulations of the CAMELS project to perform regression and inference. We employ Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), architectures designed to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-10 Pablo Villanueva-Domingo , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro

Cosmological surveys aim at answering fundamental questions about our Universe, including the nature of dark matter or the reason of unexpected accelerated expansion of the Universe. In order to answer these questions, two important…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-02 Xinyue Zhang , Yanfang Wang , Wei Zhang , Yueqiu Sun , Siyu He , Gabriella Contardo , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Shirley Ho

We present a novel method to infer the Dark Matter (DM) content and spatial distribution within galaxies, based on convolutional neural networks trained within state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations (Illustris TNG100). The framework we…

Mergers are an important aspect of galaxy formation and evolution. We aim to test whether deep learning techniques can be used to reproduce visual classification of observations, physical classification of simulations and highlight any…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-12 W. J. Pearson , L. Wang , J. W. Trayford , C. E. Petrillo , F. F. S. van der Tak

We present a novel graph-based machine learning classifier for identifying the dark matter cosmic web environments of galaxies. Large galaxy surveys offer comprehensive statistical views of how galaxy properties are shaped by large-scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-02 Dakshesh Kololgi , Krishna Naidoo , Amelie Saintonge , Ofer Lahav

Cosmological simulations play an important role in the interpretation of astronomical data, in particular in comparing observed data to our theoretical expectations. However, to compare data with these simulations, the simulations in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-14 Jacky H. T. Yip , Xinyue Zhang , Yanfang Wang , Wei Zhang , Yueqiu Sun , Gabriella Contardo , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Siyu He , Shy Genel , Shirley Ho

Context. The accurate classification of hundreds of thousands of galaxies observed in modern deep surveys is imperative if we want to understand the universe and its evolution. Aims. Here, we report the use of machine learning techniques to…

Cosmological galaxy formation simulations are powerful tools to understand the complex processes that govern the formation and evolution of galaxies. However, evaluating the realism of these simulations remains a challenge. The two common…

The distinction between stars and galaxies is a fundamental problem in the field of celestial classification. This issue has become challenging for these ongoing and upcoming digital surveys, which will produce terabytes and even petabytes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Zhuoming Han , Tianmeng Zhang , Chao Liu , Chenxiaoji Ling

A grand challenge of the 21st century cosmology is to accurately estimate the cosmological parameters of our Universe. A major approach to estimating the cosmological parameters is to use the large-scale matter distribution of the Universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-07 Siamak Ravanbakhsh , Junier Oliva , Sebastien Fromenteau , Layne C. Price , Shirley Ho , Jeff Schneider , Barnabas Poczos

The scale of ongoing and future electromagnetic surveys pose formidable challenges to classify astronomical objects. Pioneering efforts on this front include citizen science campaigns adopted by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). SDSS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-09 Asad Khan , E. A. Huerta , Sibo Wang , Robert Gruendl , Elise Jennings , Huihuo Zheng

Establishing accurate morphological measurements of galaxies in a reasonable amount of time for future big-data surveys such as EUCLID, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope or the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope is a challenge. Because…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-14 D. Tuccillo , M. Huertas-Company , E. Decenciere , S. Velasco-Forero

Maps of cosmic structure produced by galaxy surveys are one of the key tools for answering fundamental questions about the Universe. Accurate theoretical predictions for these quantities are needed to maximize the scientific return of these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Noah Kasmanoff , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Jeremy Tinker , Shirley Ho

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

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

Morphological classification is a key piece of information to define samples of galaxies aiming to study the large-scale structure of the universe. In essence, the challenge is to build up a robust methodology to perform a reliable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-05 P. H. Barchi , R. R. de Carvalho , R. R. Rosa , R. Sautter , M. Soares-Santos , B. A. D. Marques , E. Clua , T. S. Gonçalves , C. de Sá-Freitas , T. C. Moura

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

The number density of galaxy clusters across mass and redshift has been established as a powerful cosmological probe. Cosmological analyses with galaxy clusters traditionally employ scaling relations. However, many challenges arise from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 M. Kosiba , N. Cerardi , M. Pierre , F. Lanusse , C. Garrel , N. Werner , M. Shalak

Cosmological simulations are a powerful tool to advance our understanding of galaxy formation and many simulations model key properties of real galaxies. A question that naturally arises for such simulations in light of high-quality…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-10 Lingyi Zhou , Stefan T. Radev , William H. Oliver , Aura Obreja , Zehao Jin , Tobias Buck
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