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A population of luminous accreting black holes with hidden mergers
Michael J. Koss, Laura Blecha, Phillip Bernhard +11
Major galaxy mergers are thought to play an important part in fuelling the growth of supermassive black holes. However, observational support for this hypothesis is mixed, with som…
Using transfer learning to detect galaxy mergers
Sandro Ackermann, Kevin Schawinski, Ce Zhang +2
We investigate the use of deep convolutional neural networks (deep CNNs) for automatic visual detection of galaxy mergers. Moreover, we investigate the use of transfer learning in…
PSFGAN: a generative adversarial network system for separating quasar point sources and host galaxy light
Dominic Stark, Barthelemy Launet, Kevin Schawinski +7
The study of unobscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasars depends on the reliable decomposition of the light from the AGN point source and the extended host galaxy light. Th…
The fraction of AGN in major merger galaxies and its luminosity dependence
Anna K. Weigel, Kevin Schawinski, Ezequiel Treister +2
We use a phenomenological model which connects the galaxy and AGN populations to investigate the process of AGN triggering through major galaxy mergers at z~0. The model uses stell…