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Pushing automated morphological classifications to their limits with the Dark Energy Survey

Vega-Ferrero, J.
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Domínguez Sánchez, H.
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Bernardi, M.
altro
Wilkinson, R. D.
2020
  • journal article

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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Abstract
We present morphological classifications of $sim$27 million galaxies from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Data Release 1 (DR1) using a supervised deep learning algorithm. The classification scheme separates: (a) early-type galaxies (ETGs) from late-types (LTGs); and (b) face-on galaxies from edge-on. Our Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are trained on a small subset of DES objects with previously known classifications. These typically have $mathrm{m}_r lesssim 17.7~mathrm{mag}$; we model fainter objects to $mathrm{m}_r < 21.5$ mag by simulating what the brighter objects with well determined classifications would look like if they were at higher redshifts. The CNNs reach 97% accuracy to $mathrm{m}_r<21.5$ on their training sets, suggesting that they are able to recover features more accurately than the human eye. We then used the trained CNNs to classify the vast majority of the other DES images. The final catalog comprises five independent CNN predictions for each classification scheme, helping to determine if the CNN predictions are robust or not. We obtain secure classifications for $sim$ 87% and 73% of the catalog for the ETG vs. LTG and edge-on vs. face-on models, respectively. Combining the two classifications (a) and (b) helps to identify edge-on lenticular galaxies. Where a comparison is possible, our classifications correlate very well with Sérsic index ($n$), ellipticity ($epsilon$) and spectral type, even for the fainter galaxies. This is the largest multi-band catalog of automated galaxy morphologies to date....
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stab594
WOS
WOS:000704166800026
Archivio
http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2988330
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85106122349
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/506/2/1927/6156625
Diritti
open access
license:digital rights management non definito
FVG url
https://arts.units.it/bitstream/11368/2988330/4/stab594.pdf
Soggetti
  • methods: observationa...

  • catalogue

  • galaxies: structure

  • Astrophysics - Astrop...

  • Astrophysics - Cosmol...

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Data di acquisizione
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