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Volume 690, October 2024
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Article Number | A54 | |
Number of page(s) | 29 | |
Section | Numerical methods and codes | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450198 | |
Published online | 27 September 2024 |
SpectroTranslator: Deep-neural network algorithm for homogenising spectroscopic parameters
1
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,
38205
La Laguna,
Tenerife,
Spain
2
Universidad de La Laguna, Dpto. Astrofísica,
38206
La Laguna,
Tenerife,
Spain
3
Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange,
Bd de l’Observatoire, CS 34229,
06304
Nice cedex 4,
France
4
INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri,
Largo Enrico Fermi 5,
50125
Firenze,
Italy
5
Space Science Data Centre – ASI,
Via del Politecnico SNC,
00133
Roma,
Italy
Received:
1
April
2024
Accepted:
18
July
2024
Context. In modern Galactic astronomy, stellar spectroscopy plays a pivotal role in complementing large photometric and astrometric surveys and enabling deeper insights to be gained into the chemical evolution and chemo-dynamical mechanisms at play in the Milky Way and its satellites. Nonetheless, the use of different instruments and dedicated pipelines in various spectroscopic surveys can lead to differences in the derived spectroscopic parameters.
Aims. Efforts to homogenise these surveys onto a common scale are essential to maximising their scientific legacy. To this aim, we developed the SPECTROTRANSLATOR, a data-driven deep neural network algorithm that converts spectroscopic parameters from the base of one survey (base A) to that of another (base B).
Methods. SPECTROTRANSLATOR is comprised of two neural networks: an intrinsic network, where all the parameters play a role in computing the transformation, and an extrinsic network, where the outcome for one of the parameters depends on all the others, but not the reverse. The algorithm also includes a method to estimate the importance that the various parameters play in the conversion from base A to B.
Results. To demonstrate the workings of the algorithm, we applied it to transform effective temperature, surface gravity, metallicity, [Mg/Fe], and line-of-sight velocity from the base of GALAH DR3 into the APOGEE-2 DR 17 base. We demonstrate the efficiency of the SPECTROTRANSLATOR algorithm to translate the spectroscopic parameters from one base to another, directly using parameters by the survey teams. We were able to achieve a similar performance than previous works that have performed a similar type of conversion but using the full spectrum, rather than the spectroscopic parameters. This allowed us to reduce the computational time and use the output of pipelines optimised for each survey. By combining the transformed GALAH catalogue with the APOGEE-2 catalogue, we studied the distribution of [Fe/H] and [Mg/Fe] across the Galaxy and we found that the median distribution of both quantities present a vertical asymmetry at large radii. We attribute it to the recent perturbations generated by the passage of a dwarf galaxy across the disc or by the infall of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Conclusions. Several aspects still need to be refined, such as the question of the optimal way to deal with regions of the parameter space meagrely populated by stars in the training sample. However, SPECTROTRANSLATOR has already demonstrated its capability and is poised to play a crucial role in standardising various spectroscopic surveys onto a unified framework.
Key words: methods: data analysis / techniques: spectroscopic / catalogs / stars: abundances / stars: fundamental parameters / Galaxy: abundances
© The Authors 2024
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