Machine-learning classifiers for Fermi AGN

dc.contributor.authorHassan, T.
dc.contributor.authorMirabal, Nestor
dc.contributor.authorContreras, J. L.
dc.contributor.authorOya, I.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-03T16:26:36Z
dc.date.available2020-09-03T16:26:36Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-11
dc.description.abstractThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is generating the most detailed map of the gamma-ray sky. While tremendously successful, approximately 25% of all associated Fermi extragalactic sources in the Second Fermi LAT Catalog (2FGL) are listed as active galactic nuclei (AGN) of uncertain type. Most of these are suspected blazar candidates without a conclusive optical spectrum or lacking spectroscopic observations. Here, we explore the use of machine-learning algorithms – Random Forests and Support Vector Machines – to predict specific AGN subclass based on observed gamma-ray properties.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors acknowledge the support of the Spanish MINECO under project FPA2010-22056-C06-06 and the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). N.M. acknowledges support from the Spanish government. through a Ram´on y Cajal fellowship. We also thank the referee for useful suggestions and comments on the manuscript.en
dc.description.urihttps://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4772356en
dc.format.extent7 pagesen
dc.genreconference papers and proceedings preprintsen
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m21qaa-8bnh
dc.identifier.citationT. Hassan, N. Mirabal, I. Oya, and J. L. Contreras, Machine-learning classifiers for Fermi AGN, AIP Conference Proceedings 1505, 701 (2012); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772356en
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772356
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19577
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAIP publishingen
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Physics Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology (CSST) / Center for Research and Exploration in Space Sciences & Technology II (CRSST II)
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dc.rights© 2012 AIP Publishing LLC
dc.titleMachine-learning classifiers for Fermi AGNen
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