Automated detection of galaxy groups through probabilistic hough transform

Rafee T. Ibrahem*, Peter Tino, Richard J. Pearson, Trevor J. Ponman, Arif Babul

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    Abstract

    Galaxy groups play a significant role in explaining the evolution of the universe. Given the amounts of available survey data, automated discovery of galaxy groups is of utmost interest. We introduce a novel methodology, based on probabilistic Hough transform, for finding galaxy groups embedded in a rich background. The model takes advantage of a typical signature pattern of galaxy groups known as “fingersof-God”. It also allows us to include prior astrophysical knowledge as an inherent part of the method. The proposed method is first tested in large scale controlled experiments with 2-D patterns and then verified on 3-D realistic mock data (comparing with the well-known friends-of-friends method used in astrophysics). The experiments suggest that our methodology is a promising new candidate for galaxy group finders developed within a machine learning framework.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationNeural Information Processing
    Subtitle of host publication22nd International Conference, ICONIP 2015, Istanbul, Turkey, November 9-12, 2015, Proceedings Part III
    EditorsSabri Arik, Tingwen Huang, Weng Kin Lai, Qingshan Lui
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages323-331
    Number of pages9
    Volume9491
    ISBN (Electronic) 9783319265551
    ISBN (Print)9783319265544
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    Event22nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2015 - Istanbul, Turkey
    Duration: 9 Nov 201512 Nov 2015

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume9491
    ISSN (Print)03029743
    ISSN (Electronic)16113349

    Conference

    Conference22nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2015
    Country/TerritoryTurkey
    CityIstanbul
    Period9/11/1512/11/15

    Keywords

    • Galaxy group finder
    • Pattern Recognition
    • Probabilistic Hough transform

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science(all)
    • Theoretical Computer Science

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