Affiliation:
1. Telefónica Tech IoT & Big Data , Ronda de la Comunicación s/n, Madrid, 28050, Spain
Abstract
ABSTRACTThe determination of distance is fundamental in astrophysics. Gamma-ray sources are poorly characterized in this sense, as the limited angular resolution and poor photon-count statistics in gamma-ray astronomy makes it difficult to associate them to a multiwavelength object with known redshift. Taking the 1794 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with known redshift from the Fermi-LAT latest AGN catalogue, 4LAC–DR3, we employ machine learning techniques to predict the distance of the rest of AGNs based on their spectral and spatial properties. The state-of-the-art catboost algorithm reaches an average 0.56 R2 score with 0.46 root-mean-squared error, predicting an average redshift value of zavg = 0.63, with a maximum zmax = 1.97. We use the shap explainer package to gain insights into the variables influence on the outcome, and also study the extragalactic background light implications. In a second part, we use this regression model to predict the redshift of the unassociated sample of the latest LAT point-source catalogue, 4FGL–DR3, using the results of a previous paper to determine the possible AGNs within them.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cited by
4 articles.
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