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Detecting Galaxy Mergers at High Redshift

Authors :
J. A. Newman
Chad M. Schafer
D. Slepčev
Ann B. Lee
R. Izbicki
Peter E. Freeman
Source :
Lecture Notes in Statistics ISBN: 9781461435198
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Springer New York, 2012.

Abstract

We introduce a new feature of galaxy images, maxRatio, and demonstrate its effectiveness at detecting merging galaxies at high redshift.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
Feature (computer vision)
Galaxy formation and evolution
Astronomy
Type-cD galaxy
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Interacting galaxy
Galaxy merger
Redshift survey
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Redshift
Galaxy

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ISBN :
978-1-4614-3519-8
ISBNs :
9781461435198
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Lecture Notes in Statistics ISBN: 9781461435198
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........6ad54cf9ab69d9fb6396a3feb84457be

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