Surveying the reach and maturity of machine learning and artificial intelligence in astronomy

CJ Fluke, C Jacobs - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Machine learning (automated processes that learn by example in order to classify,
predict, discover, or generate new data) and artificial intelligence (methods by which a …

[HTML][HTML] Applications and techniques for fast machine learning in science

AMC Deiana, N Tran, J Agar, M Blott… - Frontiers in big …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this community review report, we discuss applications and techniques for fast machine
learning (ML) in science—the concept of integrating powerful ML methods into the real-time …

The Zwicky Transient Facility: system overview, performance, and first results

EC Bellm, SR Kulkarni, MJ Graham… - Publications of the …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new optical time-domain survey that uses
the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt telescope. A custom-built wide-field camera provides a 47 deg …

The Zwicky Transient Facility Bright Transient Survey. II. A public statistical sample for exploring supernova demographics

DA Perley, C Fremling, J Sollerman… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a public catalog of transients from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Bright
Transient Survey, a magnitude-limited (m< 19 mag in either the g or r filter) survey for …

The zwicky transient facility: science objectives

MJ Graham, SR Kulkarni, EC Bellm… - Publications of the …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-
domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope …

Seventeen tidal disruption events from the first half of ZTF survey observations: entering a new era of population studies

S Van Velzen, S Gezari, E Hammerstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
While tidal disruption events (TDEs) have long been heralded as laboratories for the study of
quiescent black holes, the small number of known TDEs and uncertainties in their emission …

The zwicky transient facility: Observing system

R Dekany, RM Smith, R Riddle, M Feeney… - Publications of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Observing System (OS) is the data collector for
the ZTF project to study astrophysical phenomena in the time domain. ZTF OS is based upon …

Design and operation of the ATLAS transient science server

KW Smith, SJ Smartt, DR Young, JL Tonry… - Publications of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Asteroid Terrestrial impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) system consists of two
0.5 m Schmidt telescopes with cameras covering 29 square degrees at plate scale of 1.86 …

A tidal disruption event coincident with a high-energy neutrino

R Stein, S Velzen, M Kowalski, A Franckowiak… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cosmic neutrinos provide a unique window into the otherwise hidden mechanism of particle
acceleration in astrophysical objects. The IceCube Collaboration recently reported the likely …

Discovery and confirmation of the shortest gamma-ray burst from a collapsar

T Ahumada, LP Singer, S Anand, MW Coughlin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the brightest and most energetic events in the
Universe. The duration and hardness distribution of GRBs has two clusters, now understood …