New measurements of the Lyman-$\alpha$ forest continuum and effective optical depth with LyCAN and DESI Y1 data

Wynne Turner, Paul Martini, Naim Göksel Karaçaylı +42

We present the Lyman-$\alpha$ Continuum Analysis Network (LyCAN), a Convolutional Neural Network that predicts the unabsorbed quasar continuum within the rest-frame wavelength range of…