基于深度学习的LAMOST恒星形成星系气体金属丰度估算
Estimating Gas-phase Metallicity of Star-forming Galaxies in the LAMOST Spectral Survey Using Deep Learning
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摘要: 气体金属丰度是衡量恒星形成星系化学演化程度的重要物理量, 其估算对于深入理解星系的形成与演化过程至关重要. 传统测量气体金属丰度方法依赖特定发射线的强度比, 数据处理复杂, 难以适应大规模巡天数据的自动化需求. 为此, 提出一种基于卷积神经网络(Convolutional Neural Network, CNN)的深度学习模型, 以LAMOST (Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope)观测的全谱为输入, 在无需退红移和谱线测量的前提下, 实现恒星形成星系气体金属丰度的自动估算. 该模型由8个一维卷积层、4个最大池化层和1个全连接层构成, 通过回归方式学习光谱与金属丰度之间的非线性映射关系. 实验结果表明, 与传统方法基本一致, 误差为0.0829 dex. 此外, CNN模型在不同信噪比和红移范围内均表现出良好的稳健性, 并且模型预测的金属丰度建立的质量-金属丰度关系(Mass-Metallicity Relation, MZR)与经验MZR基本一致. 最后, 将训练好的模型应用于LAMOST第10次数据发布(Data Release 10, DR10)低分辨率巡天(Low-Resolution Survey, LRS), 构建了一份包含约20000个恒星形成星系的气体金属丰度星表. 该星表可通过中国科学院科学数据银行(https://www.scidb.cn/s/UVBRzm)获取.Abstract: Gas-phase metallicity is a key parameter for measuring the chemical evolution of star-forming galaxies. Accurate estimation of gas-phase metallicity is crucial for a deeper understanding of galaxy formation and evolution processes. Traditional gas-phase metallicity estimation methods rely on emission line intensity calculations, which involve complex data processing and are difficult to scale to large spectroscopic surveys. In this study, we propose a deep learning model based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) that uses the full spectrum observed by the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) as input. The model enables automatic estimation of gas-phase metallicity in star-forming galaxies without explicit redshift correction or emission line measurement. The CNN model consists of 8 1D convolutional layers, 4 max-pooling layers, and 1 fully connected layer, and is trained to learn the nonlinear mapping between spectral features and gas-phase metallicity values through a regression framework. Experimental results show that the model achieves a prediction error of 0.0829 dex, which is basically consistent with traditional methods. Further evaluation shows that the CNN model performs robustly across different signal-to-noise ratios and redshift ranges, and also effectively recovers the mass-metallicity relation. Finally, the trained model is applied to the LAMOST Data Release 10 Low-Resolution Survey, generating a catalog of predicted gas-phase metallicity for star-forming galaxies, which includes about 20000 galaxy spectra. The catalog is publicly available through the Science Data Bank (https://www.scidb.cn/s/UVBRzm).
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