Convolutional Neural Networks for classifying galaxy mergers: Can faint tidal features aid in classifying mergers?

Yeonkyung Lee, Hyunmi Song, Jihye Shin +3

Identifying mergers from observational data has been a crucial aspect of studying galaxy evolution and formation. Tidal features, typically fainter than 26 $\mathrm{mag}\mathrm{arcse}{\mathrm{c}}^{-2}$…