Leveraging Machine Learning for Photometric Redshift Estimation of JWST Galaxies
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: With the launch of JWST, the volume and complexity of astronomical data are increasing, a trend that will continue with future instruments such as SKA and Euclid. It is inevitable that data-driven methods will become more prominent alongside model-driven analysis. This research utilises machine learning, specifically a kernelised local linear regression model, in photometric redshift predictions of galaxies observed with JWST. With a spectroscopic dataset of 4605 galaxies, we trained the model and achieved a deviation of σdz = 0.018 and a catastrophic outlier rate of foutlier = 3.5%. These results demonstrate high accuracy and computational efficiency, highlighting the potential of machine learning for astronomical data analysis, in particular for large-scale surveys.
DOI: 10.2218/esjs.9996
Authors: Julie Kalná, Ryan Begley, Callum Donnan
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403761631