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We apply a new deep learning technique to detect, classify, and deblend sources in multi-band astronomical images. We train and evaluate the performance of an artificial neural network built on the Mask R-CNN image processing framework, a…

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Machine learning models can greatly improve the search for strong gravitational lenses in imaging surveys by reducing the amount of human inspection required. In this work, we test the performance of supervised, semi-supervised, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-17 Keerthi Vasan G. C. , Stephen Sheng , Tucker Jones , Chi Po Choi , James Sharpnack

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…

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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

In deep, ground-based imaging, about 15%-30% of object detections are expected to correspond to two or more true objects - these are called ``unrecognized blends''. We use Machine Learning algorithms to detect unrecognized blends in deep…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-25 Shuang Liang , Prakruth Adari , Anja von der Linden , The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

The science behind galaxy interaction and mergers has a fundamental role and gives us an insight into galaxy formation and its evolution. Fluctuating angular momentum is responsible for extraordinary events like polar rings, tidal tails,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-24 Adarsh Mahor , Janvita Reddy , Amitesh Singh , Shashwat Singh

The two currently largest all-sky photometric datasets, WISE and SuperCOSMOS, were cross-matched by Bilicki et al. (2016) (B16) to construct a novel photometric redshift catalogue on 70% of the sky. Galaxies were therein separated from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-30 T. Krakowski , K. Małek , M. Bilicki , A. Pollo , M. Krupa , A. Kurcz

We measure the merger fraction of massive galaxies using the UltraVISTA/COSMOS $Ks$-band selected catalog, complemented with the deeper, higher resolution 3DHST+CANDELS catalog selected in the HST/WFC3 $H$-band, presenting the largest…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-09 Allison W. S. Man , Andrew W. Zirm , Sune Toft

Knowing the redshift of galaxies is one of the first requirements of many cosmological experiments, and as it's impossible to perform spectroscopy for every galaxy being observed, photometric redshift (photo-z) estimations are still of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-09 Ben Henghes , Connor Pettitt , Jeyan Thiyagalingam , Tony Hey , Ofer Lahav

Photometric redshifts (photo-$z$'s) are crucial for the cosmology, galaxy evolution, and transient science drivers of next-generation imaging facilities like the Euclid Mission, the Rubin Observatory, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-03 Emma R. Moran , Brett H. Andrews , Jeffrey A. Newman , Biprateep Dey

We present BlendHunter, a proof-of-concept for a deep transfer learning based approach for the automated and robust identification of blended sources in galaxy survey data. We take the VGG-16 network with pre-trained convolutional layers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 S. Farrens , A. Lacan , A. Guinot , A. Z. Vitorelli

Strong lensing in galaxy clusters probes properties of dense cores of dark matter halos in mass, studies the distant universe at flux levels and spatial resolutions otherwise unavailable, and constrains cosmological models independently.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 Peng Jia , Ruiqi Sun , Nan Li , Yu Song , Runyu Ning , Hongyan Wei , Rui Luo

Aims. This work aims to reproduce the time before or after a merger event of merging galaxies from the IllustrisTNG cosmological simulation using machine learning. Methods. Images of merging galaxies were created in the u, g, r, and i bands…

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We estimate the evolution of the galaxy-galaxy merger fraction for $M_\star>10^{10.5}M_\odot$ galaxies over $0.25<z<1$ in the $\sim$18.6 deg$^2$ deep CLAUDS+HSC-SSP surveys. We do this by training a Random Forest Classifier to identify…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-09 Nathalie Thibert , Marcin Sawicki , Andy Goulding , Stephane Arnouts , Jean Coupon , Stephen Gwyn

Galaxy cluster-scale strong gravitational lensing systems are rare yet valuable tools for investigating the properties of dark matter and dark energy, as well as providing the opportunity to study the distant universe at flux levels and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-19 Zhejian Zhang , Nan Li , Shude Mao , Hu Zou , Zizhao He , Mingxiang Fu , Shenzhe Cui

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

Non-parametric morphology statistics have been used for decades to classify galaxies into morphological types and identify mergers in an automated way. In this work, we assess how reliably we can identify galaxy post-mergers with…

Conventional galaxy mass estimation methods suffer from model assumptions and degeneracies. Machine learning, which reduces the reliance on such assumptions, can be used to determine how well present-day observations can yield predictions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-27 Jiani Chu , Hongming Tang , Dandan Xu , Shengdong Lu , Richard Long

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

Hydrodynamical simulations play a fundamental role in modern cosmological research, serving as a crucial bridge between theoretical predictions and observational data. However, due to their computational intensity, these simulations are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Andrés Caro , Daniel de Andres , Weiguang Cui , Gustavo Yepes , Marco De Petris , Antonio Ferragamo , Félicien Schiltz , Amélie Nef
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