Specialized Noise Elimination in Astronomical Data using Deep Learning
Description
Astronomy has a data de-noising problem. The quantity of data produced by astronomical instruments is immense, and a wide variety of noise is present in this data including artifacts. Many types of this noise are not easily filtered using traditional handwritten algorithms. Deep learning techniques present a potential solution to the identification and filtering of these more difficult types of noise. In this thesis, deep learning approaches to two astronomical data de-noising steps are attempted and evaluated. Pre-existing simulation tools are utilized to generate a high-quality training dataset for deep neural network models. These models are then tested on real-world data. One set of models masks diffraction spikes from bright stars in James Webb Space Telescope data. A second set of models identifies and masks regions of the sky that would interfere with sky surface brightness measurements. The results obtained indicate that many such astronomical data de-noising and analysis problems can use this approach of simulating a high-quality training dataset and then utilizing a deep learning model trained on that dataset.
Date Created
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2024
Agent
- Author (aut): Jeffries, Charles George
- Thesis advisor (ths): Bansal, Ajay
- Committee member: Windhorst, Rogier
- Committee member: Acuna, Ruben
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University