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We present a new non-parametric method to quantify morphologies of galaxies based on a particular family of learning machines called support vector machines. The method, that can be seen as a generalization of the classical CAS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Huertas-Company , D. Rouan , L. Tasca , G. Soucail , O. Le Fevre

Machine learning, and eventually true artificial intelligence techniques, are extremely important advancements in astrophysics and astronomy. We explore the application of deep learning using neural networks in order to automate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-29 James Bird , Kellan Colburn , Linda Petzold , Philip Lubin

There are several supervised machine learning methods used for the application of automated morphological classification of galaxies; however, there has not yet been a clear comparison of these different methods using imaging data, or a…

The morphological diversity of galaxies is a relevant probe of galaxy evolution and cosmological structure formation. However, in large sky surveys, even the morphological classification of galaxies into two classes, like late-type (LT) and…

We present an automated method for the detection of bar structure in optical images of galaxies using a deep convolutional neural network which is easy to use and provides good accuracy. In our study we use a sample of 9346 galaxies in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-13 Sheelu Abraham , Arun Aniyan , Ajit K. Kembhavi , N. S. Philip , Kaustubh Vaghmare

Machine learning has been successfully applied in varied field but whether it is a viable tool for determining the distance to molecular clouds in the Galaxy is an open question. In the Galaxy, the kinematic distance is commonly employed as…

Generative deep learning methods built upon Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) provide a great tool for predicting non-linear structure in cosmology. In this work we predict high resolution dark matter halos from large scale, low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-25 David Schaurecker , Yin Li , Jeremy Tinker , Shirley Ho , Alexandre Refregier

We propose a novel approach using neural networks (NNs) to differentiate between cosmological models, and implemented LIME as an interpretability approach to identify the key features influencing our model's decisions. We show the potential…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-03 Indira Ocampo , George Alestas , Savvas Nesseris , Domenico Sapone

We present results exploring the role that probabilistic deep learning models can play in cosmology from large scale astronomical surveys through estimating the distances to galaxies (redshifts) from photometry. Due to the massive scale of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Evan Jones , Tuan Do , Bernie Boscoe , Yujie Wan , Zooey Nguyen , Jack Singal

Understanding the formation and evolution of ring galaxies, which possess an atypical ring-like structure, is crucial for advancing knowledge of black holes and galaxy dynamics. However, current catalogs of ring galaxies are limited, as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-08 Harish Krishnakumar , J. Bryce Kalmbach

Classification of galactic morphologies is a crucial task in galactic astronomy, and identifying fine structures of galaxies (e.g., spiral arms, bars, and clumps) is an essential ingredient in such a classification task. However, seeing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-30 Fang Kai Gan , Kenji Bekki , Abdolhosein Hashemizadeh

Due to poor observational constraints on the low-mass end of the subhalo mass function, the detection of dark matter (DM) subhalos on sub-galactic scales would provide valuable information about the nature of DM. Stellar wakes, induced by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-22 Sven Põder , Joosep Pata , María Benito , Isaac Alonso Asensio , Claudio Dalla Vecchia

We introduce Deep-CEE (Deep Learning for Galaxy Cluster Extraction and Evaluation), a proof of concept for a novel deep learning technique, applied directly to wide-field colour imaging to search for galaxy clusters, without the need for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-26 Matthew C. Chan , John P. Stott

Upcoming large astronomical surveys are expected to capture an unprecedented number of strong gravitational lensing systems. Deep learning is emerging as a promising practical tool for the detection and quantification of these galaxy-scale…

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

Cosmic voids contain higher-order cosmological information and are of interest for astroparticle physics. Finding genuine matter underdensities in sparse galaxy surveys is, however, an underconstrained problem. Traditional void finding…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-20 Leander Thiele

In the era of precision cosmology, the ability to generate accurate and large-scale galaxy catalogs is crucial for advancing our understanding of the universe. With the flood of cosmological data from current and upcoming missions,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-13 Tanner Sether , Elena Giusarma , Mauricio Reyes-Hurtado

Tens of thousands of galaxy-galaxy strong lensing systems are expected to be discovered by the end of the decade. These will form a vast new dataset that can be used to probe subgalactic dark matter structures through its gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-31 Arthur Tsang , Atınç Çağan Şengül , Cora Dvorkin

This paper follows series of our works on the applicability of various machine learning methods to the morphological galaxy classification (Vavilova et al., 2021, 2022). We exploited the sample of 315776 SDSS DR9 galaxies with absolute…

Studying the structures (halos and galaxies) within the cosmic environments (void, sheet, filament, and node) where they reside is an ongoing attempt in cosmological studies. The link between the properties of structures and the cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-03 Mohadese Khoshtinat , Hossein Hatamnia , Shant Baghram
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