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A&A
Volume 685, May 2024
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Article Number | A107 | |
Number of page(s) | 23 | |
Section | Catalogs and data | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346557 | |
Published online | 14 May 2024 |
Machine learning applications in studies of the physical properties of active galactic nuclei based on photometric observations★
DESY,
Platanenallee 6,
15738
Zeuthen, Germany
e-mail: sarah.mechbal@desy.de
Received:
27
March
2023
Accepted:
6
February
2024
Context. We investigate the physical nature of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using machine learning (ML) tools.
Aims. We show that the redshift, z, bolometric luminosity, LBol, central mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH), MBH, Eddington ratio, λEdd, and AGN class (obscured or unobscured) can be reconstructed through multi-wavelength photometric observations only.
Methods. We trained a random forest regressor (RFR) ML-model on 7616 spectroscopically observed AGNs from the SPIDERS-AGN survey, which had previously been cross-matched with soft X-ray observations (from ROSAT or XMM), WISE mid-infrared photometry, and optical photometry from SDSS ugriz filters. We built a catalog of 21 050 AGNs that were subsequently reconstructed with the trained RFR; for 9687 sources, we found archival redshift measurements. All AGNs were classified as either type 1 or type 2 using a random forest classifier (RFC) algorithm on a subset of known sources. All known photometric measurement uncertainties were incorporated via a simulation-based approach.
Results. We present the reconstructed catalog of 21 050 AGNs with redshifts ranging from 0 < z < 2.5. We determined z estimations for 11 363 new sources, with both accuracy and outlier rates within 2%. The distinction between type 1 or type 2 AGNs could be identified with respective efficiencies of 94% and 89%. The estimated obscuration level, a proxy for AGN classification, of all sources is given in the dataset. The LBol, MBH, and λEdd values are given for 21 050 new sources with their estimated error. These results have been made publicly available.
Conclusions. The release of this catalog will advance AGN studies by presenting key parameters of the accretion history of 6 dex in luminosity over a wide range of z. Similar applications of ML techniques using photometric data only will be essential in the future, with large datasets from eROSITA, JSWT, and the VRO poised to be released in the next decade.
Key words: accretion, accretion disks / methods: data analysis / catalogs / galaxies: active / galaxies: fundamental parameters / galaxies: photometry
A copy of the catalogue is available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr (130.79.128.5) or via https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/685/A107
© The Authors 2024
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