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This study aims to improve the photometric redshifts (photo-$z$s) of galaxies by integrating two contemporary methods: template-fitting and machine learning. Finding the synergy between these two methods was not a high priority in the past,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-30 Ishaq Y. K. Alshuaili , John Y. H. Soo , Mohd Zubir Mat Jafri , Yasmin Rafid

Broadband photometry offers a time and cost effective method to reconstruct the continuum emission of celestial objects. Thus, photometric redshift estimation has supported the scientific exploitation of extragalactic multiwavelength…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-31 S. Fotopoulou , S. Paltani

Accurate photometric redshifts are a lynchpin for many future experiments to pin down the cosmological model and for studies of galaxy evolution. In this study, a novel sparse regression framework for photometric redshift estimation is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Ibrahim A. Almosallam , Sam N. Lindsay , Matt J. Jarvis , Stephen J. Roberts

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will produce several billion photometric redshifts (photo-$z$'s), enabling cosmological analyses to select a subset of galaxies with the most accurate photo-$z$. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Adam Broussard , Eric Gawiser

We present the first systematic analysis of photometric redshifts (photo-z) estimated from the Rubin Observatory Data Preview 1 (DP1) data taken with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Commissioning Camera. Employing the Redshift…

Current and future imaging surveys require photometric redshifts (photo-zs) to be estimated for millions of galaxies. Improving the photo-z quality is a major challenge but is needed to advance our understanding of cosmology. In this paper…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 L. Cabayol , M. Eriksen , J. Carretero , R. Casas , F. J. Castander , E. Fernández , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , H. Hildebrandt , H. Hoekstra , B. Joachimi , R. Miquel , C. Padilla , A. Pocino , E. Sanchez , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla , M. Siudek , P. Tallada-Crespí , N. Aghanim , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , R. Bender , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Farrens , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , P. Franzetti , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Kümme , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , R. Kohley , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , F. Marulli , R. Massey , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , R. Nakajima , S. M. Niemi , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seide , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , S. Andreon , S. Mei , V. Scottez , A. Tramacere

Upcoming imaging surveys, such as LSST, will provide an unprecedented view of the Universe, but with limited resolution along the line-of-sight. Common ways to increase resolution in the third dimension, and reduce misclassifications,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-06 Nikhil Padmanabhan , Martin White , Tzu-Ching Chang , J. D. Cohn , Olivier Dore , Gil Holder

Machine learning techniques offer a precious tool box for use within astronomy to solve problems involving so-called big data. They provide a means to make accurate predictions about a particular system without prior knowledge of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-01 J. Elliott , R. S. de Souza , A. Krone-Martins , E. Cameron , E. E. O. Ishida , J. Hilbe

The estimation of spectroscopic and photometric redshifts (spec-z and photo-z) is crucial for future cosmological surveys. It can directly affect several powerful measurements of the Universe, e.g. weak lensing and galaxy clustering. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-05 Xingchen Zhou , Yan Gong , Xian-Min Meng , Xin Zhang , Ye Cao , Xuelei Chen , Valeria Amaro , Zuhui Fan , Liping Fu

In this paper we present photometric redshift (photo-$z$) estimates for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys, currently the most sensitive optical survey covering the majority of the extra-galactic sky. Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-14 Kenneth J. Duncan

The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is a novel project that aims to map the Southern Hemisphere using a twelve filter system, comprising five broad-band SDSS-like filters and seven narrow-band filters optimized for…

The accurate estimation of photometric redshifts plays a crucial role in accomplishing science objectives of the large survey projects. The template-fitting and machine learning are the two main types of methods applied currently. Based on…

Wide, deep photometric surveys require robust photometric redshift estimates (photo-z's) for studies of large-scale structure. These estimates depend critically on accurate photometry. We describe the improvements to the photometric…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Samuel J. Schmidt , Paul Thorman

Accurate estimation of photometric redshifts (photo-$z$) is crucial in studies of both galaxy evolution and cosmology using current and future large sky surveys. In this study, we employ Random Forest (RF), a machine learning algorithm, to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Junhao Lu , Zhijian Luo , Zhu Chen , Liping Fu , Wei Du , Yan Gong , Yicheng Li , Xian-Min Meng , Zhirui Tang , Shaohua Zhang , Chenggang Shu , Xingchen Zhou , Zuhui Fan

In order to answer the open questions of modern cosmology and galaxy evolution theory, robust algorithms for calculating photometric redshifts (photo-z) for very large samples of galaxies are needed. Correct estimation of the various…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 Oleksandra Razim , Stefano Cavuoti , Massimo Brescia , Giuseppe Riccio , Mara Salvato , Giuseppe Longo

Data-driven approaches play a crucial role in space computing, and our paper focuses on analyzing data to learn more about celestial objects. Photometric redshift, a measure of the shift of light towards the red part of the spectrum, helps…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-22 Krishna Chunduri , Mithun Mahesh

In this paper we present and characterize a nearest-neighbors color-matching photometric redshift estimator that features a direct relationship between the precision and accuracy of the input magnitudes and the output photometric redshifts.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-20 Melissa L. Graham , Andrew J. Connolly , Željko Ivezić , Samuel J. Schmidt , R. Lynne Jones , Mario Jurić , Scott F. Daniel , Peter Yoachim

Wide-area imaging surveys are one of the key ways of advancing our understanding of cosmology, galaxy formation physics, and the large-scale structure of the Universe in the coming years. These surveys typically require calculating…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 P. W. Hatfield , I. A. Almosallam , M. J. Jarvis , N. Adams , R. A. A. Bowler , Z. Gomes , S. J. Roberts , C. Schreiber

We introduce Z-Sequence, a novel empirical model that utilises photometric measurements of observed galaxies within a specified search radius to estimate the photometric redshift of galaxy clusters. Z-Sequence itself is composed of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-26 Matthew C. Chan , John P. Stott

Photometric redshifts are essential in studies of both galaxy evolution and cosmology, as they enable analyses of objects too numerous or faint for spectroscopy. The Rubin Observatory, Euclid, and Roman Space Telescope will soon provide a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-28 Jeffrey A. Newman , Daniel Gruen