Strong DES lens candidates from neural networks

DOI

We search Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3 imaging for galaxy-galaxy strong gravitational lenses using convolutional neural networks, extending previous work with new training sets and covering a wider range of redshifts and colors. We train two neural networks using images of simulated lenses, then use them to score postage-stamp images of 7.9 million sources from DES chosen to have plausible lens colors based on simulations. We examine 1175 of the highest-scored candidates and identify 152 probable or definite lenses. Examining an additional 20000 images with lower scores, we identify a further 247 probable or definite candidates. After including 86 candidates discovered in earlier searches using neural networks and 26 candidates discovered through visual inspection of blue-near-red objects in the DES catalog, we present a catalog of 511 lens candidates.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/243/17/table1 (Strong lens candidates from visual inspection of the neural network-selected sources)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/243/17/table5 (*Possible strong lens systems selected by convolutional neural network (CNN))

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.22430017
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Provenance
Creator Jacobs C.; Collett T.; Glazebrook K.; Buckley-Geer E.; Diehl H.T.; Lin H.,McCarthy C.; Qin A.K.; Odden C.; Escudero M.C.; Dial P.; Yung V.J.,Gaitsch S.; Pellico A.; Lindgren K.A.; Abbott T.M.C.; Annis J.; Avila S.,Brooks D.; Burke D.L.; Rosell A.C.; Kind M.C.; Carretero J.; da Costa L.N.,De Vicente J.; Fosalba P.; Frieman J.; Garcia-Bellido J.; Gaztanaga E.,Goldstein D.A.; Gruen D.; Gruendl R.A.; Gschwend J.; Hollowood D.L.,Honscheid K.; Hoyle B.; James D.J.; Krause E.; Kuropatkin N.; Lahav O.,Lima M.; Maia M.A.G.; Marshall J.L.; Miquel R.; Plazas A.A.; Roodman A.,Sanchez E.; Scarpine V.; Serrano S.; Sevilla-Noarbe I.; Smith M.,Sobreira F.; Suchyta E.; Swanson M.E.C.; Tarle G.; Vikram V.; Walker A.R.,Zhang Y.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2020
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysical Processes; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics