- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/507/5034
- Title:
- COSMOS2015 dataset machine learning photo-z
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/507/5034
- Date:
- 03 Dec 2021 13:07:03
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In order to answer the open questions of modern cosmology and galaxy evolution theory, robust algorithms for calculating photometric redshifts (photo-z) for very large samples of galaxies are needed. Correct estimation of the various photo-z algorithms' performance requires attention to both the performance metrics and the data used for the estimation. In this work, we use the supervised machine learning algorithm MLPQNA (Multi-Layer Perceptron with Quasi-Newton Algorithm) to calculate photometric redshifts for the galaxies in the COSMOS2015 catalogue and the unsupervised Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) to determine the reliability of the resulting estimates. We find that for z_spec_<1.2, MLPQNA photo-z predictions are on the same level of quality as spectral energy distribution fitting photo-z. We show that the SOM successfully detects unreliable zspec that cause biases in the estimation of the photo-z algorithms' performance. Additionally, we use SOM to select the objects with reliable photo-z predictions. Our cleaning procedures allow us to extract the subset of objects for which the quality of the final photo-z catalogues is improved by a factor of 2, compared to the overall statistics.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/176/19
- Title:
- COSMOS: strong lens systems
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/176/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first catalog of 67 strong galaxy-galaxy lens candidates discovered in the 1.64deg^2^ Hubble Space Telescope COSMOS survey. Twenty of these systems display multiple images or strongly curved large arcs. Our initial search is performed by visual inspection of the data and is restricted, for practical considerations, to massive early-type lens galaxies with arcs found at radii smaller than ~5". Simple mass models are constructed for the best lens candidates, and our results are compared to the strong lensing catalogs of the SLACS survey and the CASTLES database. These new strong galaxy-galaxy lensing systems constitute a valuable sample to study the mass distribution of early-type galaxies and their associated dark matter halos.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/425/477
- Title:
- Dark matter annihilation in galaxy clusters
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/425/477
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Clusters of galaxies are potentially important targets for indirect searches for dark matter (DM) annihilation. Here we reassess the detection prospects for annihilation in massive haloes, based on a statistical investigation of 1743 clusters in the new Meta-Catalogue of X-ray Clusters (MCXC). We derive a new limit for the extragalactic DM annihilation background of at least 20 per cent of that originating from the Galaxy for an integration angle of 0.1{deg}.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/31
- Title:
- Dark matter halo models for SPARC galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/247/31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present rotation curve fits to 175 late-type galaxies from the Spitzer Photometry and Accurate Rotation Curves database using seven dark matter (DM) halo profiles: pseudo-isothermal, Burkert, Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW), Einasto, Di Cintio+ (DC14; 2014MNRAS.441.2986D), cored-NFW, and a new semi-empirical profile named Lucky13. We marginalize over the stellar mass-to-light ratio, galaxy distance, disk inclination, halo concentration, and halo mass (and an additional shape parameter for Einasto) using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. We find that cored halo models, such as the DC14 and Burkert profiles, generally provide better fits to rotation curves than the cuspy NFW profile. The stellar mass-halo mass relation from abundance matching is recovered by all halo profiles once imposed as a Bayesian prior, whereas the halo mass-concentration relation is not reproduced in detail by any halo model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/801/74
- Title:
- Dark matter profiles in dwarf galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/801/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Gamma-ray searches for dark matter annihilation and decay in dwarf galaxies rely on an understanding of the dark matter density profiles of these systems. Conversely, uncertainties in these density profiles propagate into the derived particle physics limits as systematic errors. In this paper we quantify the expected dark matter signal from 20 Milky Way dwarfs using a uniform analysis of the most recent stellar-kinematic data available. Assuming that the observed stellar populations are equilibrium tracers of spherically symmetric gravitational potentials that are dominated by dark matter, we find that current stellar-kinematic data can predict the amplitudes of annihilation signals to within a factor of a few for the ultra-faint dwarfs of greatest interest. On the other hand, the expected signal from several classical dwarfs (with high-quality observations of large numbers of member stars) can be localized to the ~20% level. These results are important for designing maximally sensitive searches in current and future experiments using space and ground-based instruments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/882/106
- Title:
- DB white dwarfs with SDSS and Gaia data
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/882/106
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a comprehensive analysis of DB white dwarfs drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, based on model fits to ugriz photometry and medium-resolution spectroscopy from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We also take advantage of the exquisite trigonometric parallax measurements recently obtained by the Gaia mission. Using the so-called photometric and spectroscopic techniques, we measure the atmospheric and physical parameters of each object in our sample (Teff, logg, H/He, Ca/He, R, M), and compare the values obtained from both techniques in order to assess the precision and accuracy of each method. We then explore in great detail the surface gravity, stellar mass, and hydrogen abundance distributions of DB white dwarfs as a function of effective temperature. We present some clear evidence for a large population of unresolved double-degenerate binaries composed of DB+DB and even DB+DA white dwarfs. In the light of our results, we finally discuss the spectral evolution of DB white dwarfs, in particular the evolution of the DB-to-DA ratio as a function of Teff, and we revisit the question of the origin of hydrogen in DBA white dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/566/A120
- Title:
- 3D dust extinction in Milky Way bulge
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/566/A120
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Three dimensional interstellar extinction maps provide a powerful tool for stellar population analysis. However, until now, these 3D maps were rather limited by sensitivity and spatial resolution. We use data from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea survey together with the Besancon stellar population synthesis model of the Galaxy to determine interstellar extinction as a function of distance in the Galactic bulge covering -10<l<10 and -10<b<5. We adopted a recently developed method to calculate the colour excess. First we constructed the H-Ks vs. Ks and J-Ks vs. Ks colour-magnitude diagrams based on the VVV catalogues that matched 2MASS. Then, based on the temperature-colour relation for M giants and the distance-colour relations, we derived the extinction as a function of distance. The observed colours were shifted to match the intrinsic colours in the Besancon model as a function of distance iteratively. This created an extinction map with three dimensions: two spatial and one distance dimension along each line of sight towards the bulge. We present a 3D extinction map that covers the whole VVV area with a resolution of 6'x6', for J-Ks and H-Ks using distance bins of 0.5-1.0kpc. The high resolution and depth of the photometry allows us to derive extinction maps for a range of distances up to 10kpc and up to 30 magnitudes of extinction in AV (3.0mag in AKs). Integrated maps show the same dust features and consistent values as other 2D maps. We discuss the spatial distribution of dust features in the line of sight, which suggests that there is much material in front of the Galactic bar, specifically between 5-7kpc. We compare our dust extinction map with the high-resolution ^12^CO maps (NANTEN2) towards the Galactic bulge, where we find a good correlation between ^12^CO and A_V_. We determine the X factor by combining the CO map and our dust extinction map. Our derived average value X=2.5+/-0.47x10^20^/(cm^2^.K.km/s) is consistent with the canonical value of the Milky Way. The X-factor decreases with increasing extinction.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/142/1
- Title:
- DEEP Groth Strip Survey. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/142/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 F606W and F814W photometric structural parameters for 7450 galaxies in the "Groth Strip". These parameters are based on a two-dimensional bulge + disk surface brightness model and were obtained using an automated reduction and analysis pipeline described in detail here.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/469/4578
- Title:
- Deep learning classification in asteroseismology
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/469/4578
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the power spectra of oscillating red giants, there are visually distinct features defining stars ascending the red giant branch from those that have commenced helium core burning. We train a 1D convolutional neural network by supervised learning to automatically learn these visual features from images of folded oscillation spectra. By training and testing on Kepler red giants, we achieve an accuracy of up to 99 per cent in separating helium-burning red giants from those ascending the red giant branch. The convolutional neural network additionally shows capability in accurately predicting the evolutionary states of 5379 previously unclassified Kepler red giants, by which we now have greatly increased the number of classified stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/699/453
- Title:
- Determination of black hole masses
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/699/453
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of correlations between X-ray spectral and timing properties observed from a number of Galactic black hole (BH) binaries during hard-soft state spectral evolution. We analyze 17 transition episodes from eight BH sources observed with Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer. Our scaling technique for BH mass determination uses a correlation between the spectral index and quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) frequency. In addition, we use a correlation between the index and the normalization of the disk "seed" component to cross-check the BH mass determination and estimate the distance to the source. We use GRO J1655-40 as a primary reference source for which the BH mass, distance, and inclination angle are evaluated by dynamical measurements with unprecedented precision among other Galactic BH sources. We apply our scaling technique to determine BH masses and distances for Cygnus X-1, GX 339-4, 4U 1543-47, XTE J1550-564, XTE J1650-500, H 1743-322, and XTE J1859-226. A good agreement of our results for sources with known values of BH masses and distance provides independent verification for our scaling technique.
