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Deep learning classification in asteroseismology

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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… Click to show full abstract

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 one-dimensional convolutional neural network by supervised learning to automatically learn these visual features from images of folded oscillation spectra. By training and testing on \textit{Kepler} red giants, we achieve an accuracy of up to 99\% 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 \textit{Kepler} red giants, by which we now have greatly increased the number of classified stars.

Keywords: deep learning; red giants; asteroseismology; classification asteroseismology; learning classification

Journal Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year Published: 2017

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