ASKAP observes a region of the Galactic plane, identifying 3963 radio sources.
problem Characterizing radio sources in the Galactic plane using ASKAP observations.
method 912 MHz observations with 15 ASKAP antennas, source characterization using CAESAR.
result Differential source counts in agreement with previous surveys, spectral index estimation for sources.
Classifies compact radio sources in the Galactic plane using machine learning.
problem Challenges in processing large volumes of radio continuum survey data.
method Produced a curated dataset of ~20,000 images, trained two classifiers: gradient-boosted decision trees and convolutional neural networks.
result High classification accuracy (F1-score>90%) for separating Galactic objects from the extragalactic background.
A new era in radioastronomy will begin with the upcoming large-scale surveys planned at the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). ASKAP started its Early Science program in October 2017 and several target fields were observed during the array commissioning phase. The SCORPIO field was the first observed…
New methods model gamma-ray data to better understand Galactic emissions.
problem Uncertain diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emissions bias data interpretation.
method Gaussian processes and variational inference for flexible modeling.
result More robust interpretation of gamma-ray sky, especially dark matter signals.
New method bypasses global fit for LISA's Galactic binaries, extracting population parameters directly.
problem Disentangling LISA's Galactic binary sources from backgrounds in a computationally intensive process.
method Simulation-based approach using normalizing flow to infer population parameters.
result Direct inference of population parameters from LISA's frequency strain series.
In some scientific fields, a scaling is able to modify the topology of an observed object. Our goal in the present work is to introduce a new formalism adapted to the mathematical representation of this kind of phenomenon. To this end, we introduce a new metric structure - the galactic spaces - which depends on an orde…
A flexible machine learning model infers the morphology of the Galactic Center Excess.
problem Inferring the unknown morphology of the Galactic Center Excess using Fermi gamma-ray data.
method Used a Gaussian process (GP) to model the Galactic Center Excess (GCE) as a flexible, non-parametric machine learning model.
result The best-fit GP contains morphological features not typically associated with traditional GCE studies, such as a localized bright source and a diagonal arm.
Fink AGN classifier achieves high accuracy in classifying active galactic nuclei.
problem Classifying active galactic nuclei from astronomical data.
method Built features from photometric points and color estimation. Used active learning for optimized training sample. Applied traditional machine learning algorithms.
result Achieved 98.0% accuracy in classifying real alerts from ZTF.
3D dust map of the Milky Way improves resolution and accuracy.
problem Reconstructing the 3D dust distribution in the Milky Way.
method Gaussian process regression on spherical coordinates with iterative grid refinement.
result Improved 3D dust map with increased resolution and accuracy.
The Zone of Avoidance makes it difficult for astronomers to catalogue galaxies at low latitudes to our galactic plane due to high star densities and extinction. However, having a complete sky map of galaxies is important in a number of fields of research in astronomy. There are many unclassified sources of light in the…
Hybrid model speeds up galaxy simulations by incorporating baryonic properties.
problem Inaccurate baryonic properties in dark matter-only simulations.
method Combining analytic models and machine learning for faster, more accurate simulations.
result Hybrid model outperforms machine learning alone for some baryonic properties.
In this paper we study the financial repercussions of the destruction of two fully armed and operational moon-sized battle stations ("Death Stars") in a 4-year period and the dissolution of the galactic government in Star Wars. The emphasis of this work is to calibrate and simulate a model of the banking and financial …
New method uses SBI to infer magnetorotational properties of isolated pulsars.
problem Constrain magnetorotational properties of isolated Galactic radio pulsars.
method Combines population synthesis with SBI to model neutron star birth and evolution.
result Inferred μlogB=13.10−0.10+0.08, σlogB=0.45−0.05+0.05 for lognormal distributions. CNN identifies AGN host galaxies from Sloan Digital Sky Survey data.
problem Identifying AGN host galaxies using traditional methods is time-consuming.
method Trained a convolutional neural network on 210,000 galaxies.
result CNN can distinguish AGN host galaxies from non-active galaxies.
Using symplectic topology and the Radon transform, we prove that smooth 4-dimensional projective planes are diffeomorphic to CP2. We define the notion of a plane curve in a smooth projective plane, show that plane curves in high dimensional regular planes are lines, prove that homeomorphisms preserving plan…
We define generalized distance-squared mappings, and we concentrate on the plane to plane case. We classify generalized distance-squared mappings of the plane into the plane in a recognizable way.
The study classifies semiaffine stable planes into affine, projective, or punctured projective planes.
problem Characterizing semiaffine stable planes.
method Analyzing properties of lines and points in stable planes.
result Semiaffine stable planes are either affine, projective, or punctured projective planes.
Stable planes are locally isomorphic to classical projective planes.
problem Characterizing stable planes that are locally isomorphic to classical projective planes.
method Analyzing properties of stable planes and comparing them to classical projective planes over specific fields.
result Simply connected stable planes with connected lines are isomorphic to open subplanes of classical projective planes.
Only vertical planes are asymptotic to other planes in 3D space.
problem Characterizing asymptotic planes in 3D space.
method Proof of uniqueness for complete translators with finite topology.
result Vertical planes are the only asymptotic planes in 3D space.
Study of elementary planes in Apollonian orbifold with unusual equidistribution.
problem Equidistribution failure in Apollonian orbifold.
method Complete list of elementary planes, boundary data analysis.
result Uniform boundedness of elementary plane areas and closed union.
Generic smooth plane-to-plane map germs are topologically equivalent to cones of mappings of the circle. We carry out a complete topological classification of smooth stable mappings of the circle and show how this classification leads, via the result mentioned above, to a topological classification of finitely determin…
Criteria for sharksfin and deltoid singularities from plane to plane, with applications.
problem Identifying and understanding singularities in plane-to-plane mappings.
method Providing criteria and geometric meanings for singularities.
result Geometric meanings and criteria for sharksfin and deltoid singularities.
We study two types of isotropic planes: weakly isotropic and strongly isotropic planes. We prove that a Riemannian manifold of indefinite metric is conformally flat if and only if its curvature tensor vanishes on all the strongly isotropic planes. We specialize the plane axiom for Riemannian manifolds of indefinite met…
The study explores conformal planes with finite areas.
problem Geometry of conformal planes with finite areas.
method Analyzes several questions about conformal planes.
result Exploration of conformal planes with finite areas.
For a pair of points in a smooth locally convex surface in 3-space, its mid-plane is the plane containing its mid-point and the intersection line of the corresponding pair of tangent planes. In this paper we show that the limit of mid-planes when one point tends to the other along a direction is the Transon plane of th…
We construct a compact nonpositively curved squared 2-complex whose universal cover contains a flat plane that is not the limit of periodic flat planes.
This thesis explores bifoliated planes and their group actions from Anosov flows.
problem Understanding bifoliated planes and their group actions from Anosov flows.
method Analyzes bifoliated planes associated with Anosov flows and describes their properties.
result Shows left-orderability of groups acting on bifoliated planes and describes bifoliated planes from specific families of Anosov flows.
We use reduced homogeneous coordinates to study Riemannian geometry of the octonionic (or Cayley) projective plane. Our method extends to the para-octonionic (or split octonionic) projective plane, the octonionic projective plane of indefinite signature, and the hyperbolic dual of the octonionic projective plane; we di…
Two proofs show that removing a loop from a plane circuit splits the plane.
problem Proving the Weak Jordan Theorem about plane circuits.
method Detailed presentation of Thomassen's and Filippov's proofs.
result The complement of any loop in a plane circuit is disconnected.
The paper classifies singularities of plane congruences and affine distance functions.
problem Classifying singularities of plane congruences and affine distance functions.
method Classification through 2-parameter plane congruences in \(\mathbb{R^4}\) and affine normal plane congruences.
result Generic singularities of plane congruences and affine distance functions are classified.
Computed distortion coefficients for the α-Grushin plane.
problem Analyzing the distortion coefficients of the α-Grushin plane.
method Using generalised trigonometric functions and synthetic curvature conditions.
result Estimates for distortion coefficients and a curvature condition conjecture.
New findings on plane waves in 3D spacetimes, showing non-unimodular elliptic plane waves are unique.
problem Classifying Lorentz homogeneous spaces of dimension 3, focusing on plane waves.
method Revisiting and relaxing usual completeness assumptions, characterizing homogeneous plane waves.
result Non-unimodular elliptic plane waves are unique and non-extendable, geodesically complete only if symmetric.
New harmonic maps to hyperbolic plane via Bäcklund transformation.
problem Constructing new harmonic maps to the hyperbolic plane.
method Using Bäcklund transformation to connect solutions of sinh-Gordon and sine-Gordon equations.
result Construction of new harmonic maps.
Study compact plane waves, showing they are essentially standard.
problem Understanding the topology and dynamics of compact plane waves.
method Analyzing quotients of homogeneous plane waves by discrete subgroups.
result Compact quotients of homogeneous plane waves are essentially standard.
The paper examines asymptotic lines of plane fields in 3D space.
problem Qualitative properties of asymptotic lines in plane fields.
method Analysis of null directions and Gaussian curvature.
result Asymptotic lines coincide with classical ones in completely integrable fields.
A 6-regular triangulation for hyperbolic plane created.
problem Creating a 6-regular triangulation for hyperbolic plane.
method Constructed a 6-regular geodesic triangulation.
result A 6-regular geodesic triangulation of the hyperbolic plane was successfully created.
Study local and global aspects of complex plane curve embeddings.
problem Local and global problems of complex plane curve embeddings.
method Braid monodromy, local and global analysis.
result Historical progress in understanding complex plane curve embeddings.
A classical result asserts that the complex projective plane modulo complex conjugation is the 4-dimensional sphere. We generalize this result in two directions by considering the projective planes over the normed real division algebras and by considering the complexifications of these four projective planes.
A diffeomorphism of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds is called sectional curvature preserving if it preserves the sectional curvature of all the nondegenerate 2-planes. We consider a similar condition for degenerate 2-planes and we prove that the diffeomorphism is conformal (when the condition is fulfilled for weakly degene…
We study a moduli stratum of A-orbits of plane-to-plane germs of corank 2 with codimension 3. We describe explicitly the bifurcation diagram of its topologically A-versal unfolding. Two geometric applications to parabolic objects are presented.
We shall give useful criteria of lips, beaks and swallowtail singularities of smooth map from the plane into the plane. As an application of criteria, we will discuss the singularities of Cauchy problem of single conservation law.
Proves conjecture about geodesic foliations in Riemannian planes.
problem Geodesic foliations with bounded distance in non-flat Riemannian planes.
method Analyzes total curvature and visibility properties to prove conjecture.
result Proves conjecture in two specific cases.
Stochastic cutting planes improve data-driven optimization speed.
problem Data-driven Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization problems.
method Stochastic version of cutting-plane method.
result Stochastic algorithm converges to ε-optimal solution with high probability.
The paper characterizes coverings over the projective plane with minimal defect.
problem Characterizing minimal defect branched coverings over the projective plane.
method Characterization through properties of decomposable and indecomposable coverings.
result Extended family of realizations and generalized results on primitive permutation groups.
We study rays in von Mangoldt planes, which has applications to the structure of open complete manifolds with lower radial curvature bounds. We prove that the set of souls of any rotationally symmetric plane of nonnegative curvature is a closed ball, and if the plane is von Mangoldt, we compute the radius of the ball. …
Curve shortening in metric-affine plane shrinks convex curves to points.
problem Shortening curves in non-Euclidean spaces.
method Curve shortening flow in metric-affine plane with geometric conditions.
result Closed convex curves in metric-affine plane shrink to points in finite time.
New combinatorial type helps distinguish plane curve topologies.
problem Distinguishing the topology of plane curves.
method Introducing G-combinatorial type using modified plumbing graphs.
result Invariant of G-combinatorial type under certain homeomorphisms.
The paper characterizes Ricci solitons on the Poincaré upper half plane.
problem Characterizing Ricci solitons on the Poincaré upper half plane.
method Classifying and generalizing Ricci solitons and soliton equations in the half plane of Poincaré.
result Obtained some properties of solitons about their geodesic flows.