The impact of nebular emission on the ages of z 6 galaxies

D Schaerer, S de Barros - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2009 - aanda.org
Aims. We examine the influence of nebular continuous and line emission in high-redshift
star forming galaxies on determinations of their age, formation redshift, and other properties …

PHAT: PHoto-z accuracy testing

H Hildebrandt, S Arnouts, P Capak… - Astronomy & …, 2010 - aanda.org
Context. Photometric redshifts (photo-z's) have become an essential tool in extragalactic
astronomy. Many current and upcoming observing programmes require great accuracy of …

galev evolutionary synthesis models – I. Code, input physics and web interface

R Kotulla, U Fritze, P Weilbacher… - Monthly Notices of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract galev (GALaxy EVolution) evolutionary synthesis models describe the evolution of
stellar populations in general, of star clusters as well as of galaxies, both in terms of resolved …

Morpho-z: improving photometric redshifts with galaxy morphology

JYH Soo, B Moraes, B Joachimi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We conduct a comprehensive study of the effects of incorporating galaxy morphology
information in photometric redshift estimation. Using machine learning methods, we assess …

GAz: a genetic algorithm for photometric redshift estimation

R Hogan, M Fairbairn, N Seeburn - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present a new approach to the problem of estimating the redshift of galaxies from
photometric data. The approach uses a genetic algorithm combined with non-linear …

pop-cosmos: Scaleable inference of galaxy properties and redshifts with a data-driven population model

S Thorp, J Alsing, HV Peiris, S Deger… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an efficient Bayesian method for estimating individual photometric redshifts and
galaxy properties under a pretrained population model (pop-cosmos) that was calibrated …

ANNZ+: an enhanced photometric redshift estimation algorithm with applications on the PAU survey

IM Pathi, JYH Soo, MJ Wee, SN Zakaria… - … of Cosmology and …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract annz is a fast and simple algorithm which utilises artificial neural networks (ANNs),
it was known as one of the pioneers of machine learning approaches to photometric redshift …

Review of techniques for photometric redshift estimation

H Zheng, Y Zhang - Software and Cyberinfrastructure for …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A photometric redshift provides an estimate for the distance of an astronomical object, such
as a galaxy or quasar, which is a powerful statistical tool for studies of evolutionary …

Method for analyzing the spatial distribution of galaxies on gigaparsec scales. I. initial principles

NV Nabokov, YV Baryshev - Astrophysics, 2010 - Springer
The initial principles of a method for analyzing the spatial distribution of visible matter in the
universe with structures on size scales of thousands of Mpc are discussed. This method is …

Tests of Catastrophic Outlier Prediction in Empirical Photometric Redshift Estimation with Redshift Probability Distributions

E Jones, J Singal - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results of using individual galaxies' redshift probability information derived from
a photometric redshift (photo-z) algorithm, SPIDERz, to identify potential catastrophic outliers …