A machine learning software to estimate morphological parameters of distant galaxies

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  • Takuya Umayahara
  • Takatoshi Shibuya
  • Noriaki Miura
  • Yu Yen Chang
  • Seiji Fujimoto
  • Yuichi Harikane
  • Ryo Higuchi
  • Shigeki Inoue
  • Takashi Kojima
  • Ken Ichi Tadaki
  • Yoshiki Toba

We develop a machine learning (ML) software to estimate morphological parameters (e.g., the half-light radius re) of high redshift galaxies in the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam data. To make the ML software capture simultaneously galaxy morphological features and point spread function (PSF) broadening effects, we implement a two-stream convolutional neural network (CNN) for inputs of galaxy and PSF images. Thanks to large training samples of galaxy and PSF images, the two-stream CNN estimates re more accurately than a single-stream CNN with only galaxy images. Our ML software would be a useful tool to investigate galaxy morphological properties with PSF-unstable images obtained in future large-area ground-based surveys.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSoftware and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI
EditorsJuan C. Guzman, Jorge Ibsen
PublisherSPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Publication date2020
Article number1145223
ISBN (Electronic)9781510636910
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventSoftware and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 14 Dec 202018 Dec 2020

Conference

ConferenceSoftware and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI 2020
LandUnited States
ByVirtual, Online
Periode14/12/202018/12/2020
SponsorThe Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
SeriesProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11452
ISSN0277-786X

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    Research areas

  • Galaxy morphology, Machine learning

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