Galaxy structural analysis with the curvature of the brightness profile

G Lucatelli, F Ferrari - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In this work, we introduce the curvature of a galaxy brightness profile to identify its structural
subcomponents in a non-parametrically fashion. Bulges, bars, discs, lens, rings, and spiral …

Machine learning and image analysis for morphological galaxy classification

J De La Calleja, O Fuentes - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
In this paper we present an experimental study of machine learning and image analysis for
performing automated morphological galaxy classification. We used a neural network, and a …

Realistic galaxy images and improved robustness in machine learning tasks from generative modelling

BJ Holzschuh, CM O'Riordan, S Vegetti… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We examine the capability of generative models to produce realistic galaxy images. We
show that mixing generated data with the original data improves the robustness in …

MegaMorph: classifying galaxy morphology using multi-wavelength Sérsic profile fits

M Vika, B Vulcani, SP Bamford, B Häußler… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
Aims. This work investigates the potential of using the wavelength-dependence of galaxy
structural parameters (Sérsic index, n, and effective radius, R e) to separate galaxies into …

Classification of cosmic structures for galaxies with deep learning: connecting cosmological simulations with observations

S Inoue, X Si, T Okamoto… - Monthly notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We explore the capability of deep learning to classify cosmic structures. In cosmological
simulations, cosmic volumes are segmented into voids, sheets, filaments, and knots …

Machine learning and cosmological simulations–I. Semi-analytical models

HM Kamdar, MJ Turk, RJ Brunner - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present a new exploratory framework to model galaxy formation and evolution in a
hierarchical Universe by using machine learning (ML). Our motivations are two-fold:(1) …

Automatic quantitative morphological analysis of interacting galaxies

L Shamir, A Holincheck, J Wallin - Astronomy and Computing, 2013 - Elsevier
The large number of galaxies imaged by digital sky surveys reinforces the need for
computational methods for analyzing galaxy morphology. While the morphology of most …

Machine learning technique for morphological classification of galaxies from SDSS. II. The image-based morphological catalogs of galaxies at 0.02< z< 0.1

IB Vavilova, V Khramtsov, DV Dobrycheva… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We applied the image-based approach with a convolutional neural network model to the
sample of low-redshifts galaxies with $-24^{m}< M_ {r}<-19.4^{m} $ from the SDSS DR9. We …

Feature relevance in morphological galaxy classification

D Bazell - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2000 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the utility of a variety of features in performing morphological galaxy
classification using back-propagation neural network classifiers based on a sample of 805 …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in automated algorithms for morphological classification of galaxies based on shape features

S Goderya, JD Andreasen… - … Data Analysis Software …, 2004 - adsabs.harvard.edu
Among the many celestial objects in the universe, galaxies offer insights as to how the
universe was formed and is continuing to develop. The morphological classification of …