Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Apr 2008
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American Physical Society, 2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting, April 11-15, 2008, abstract #S1.012
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
In this study, we investigate the use of features in the Spherical Harmonic power spectra to aid in the classification of galaxies. Let I(r,θ) represent a galaxy image function in polar coordinates. The image function may be represented as a two-dimensional Fourier-Bessel series. The coefficients in the expansion, An,i and Bn,i, multiply the radial Bessel functions of order n, Jn(αn,ir/R) and the polar functions cos(nθ) and sin(nθ), respectively. The coefficients are known as the Fourier-Bessel Transform (FBT) of I(r,θ). The parameter αn,i is the ith root of the Bessel function of the first kind of order n, Jn(x), and R is the radius to the edge of the galaxy image. We have computed the coefficients An,i and Bn,i for a number of representative FBT spectra. Spectra are presented as 3D plots of the modulus of An,i and Bn,i versus the root number, i, and the order n. Radial structures (such as spiral arms) are manifested in the spectra as peaks in amplitude at certain values of i, whereas, azimuthal variations are seen as amplitude peaks at particular values of n. Since each galaxy type will have a unique spectrum type due to its distinct matter distributions, we investigate the possibility of automatically classifying galaxies by minimizing the Euclidean distance of the galaxy's FBT spectrum to typical spectra of each morphological type.
Kutzner Mickey
Riess Jeff
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