Simultaneous Multicolor Detection of Faint Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field

Simultaneous Multicolor Detection of Faint Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field
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哈勃深场中微弱星系的同步多色探测

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1998
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G. Szokoly
G. Szokoly
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A. Szalay;A. Connolly;G. Szokoly

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我们提出了一种新的方法来检测对象时,多波段图像。通常,在可用频带之一中或在某种程度上任意地共同添加的图像上执行对象检测。我们的技术提供了一种几乎最佳的方式来使用所有可用的颜色信息。我们建立了N个通带的合成图像,其中每个像素值对应于给定像素只是天空的概率。通过了解天空像素的概率分布(具有N个自由度的χ2分布),可以使用该数据来导出由物体通量主导的像素分布。根据这两个分布,可以确定最佳分割阈值。在该阈值处裁剪概率图像产生掩模,其中标记不太可能是天空的像素。在使用标准连接像素标准之后,该掩模的区域定义检测到的对象。应用这种技术的哈勃深场数据,我们发现,我们可以延长检测限的数据低于可能使用线性共添加图像。我们还讨论了可能的方法,通过使用各种优化的线性组合的像素通量(最佳子空间滤波),提高对象检测概率为某些定义明确的类的对象。
We present a novel way to detect objects when multiband images are available. Typically, object detection is performed in one of the available bands or on a somewhat arbitrarily co-added image. Our technique provides an almost optimal way to use all the color information available. We build up a composite image of the N passbands where each pixel value corresponds to the probability that the given pixel is just sky. By knowing the probability distribution of sky pixels (a χ2 distribution with N degrees of freedom), the data can be used to derive the distribution of pixels dominated by object flux. From the two distributions an optimal segmentation threshold can be determined. Clipping the probability image at this threshold yields a mask, where pixels unlikely to be sky are tagged. After using a standard connected-pixel criterion, the regions of this mask define the detected objects. Applying this technique to the Hubble Deep Field data, we find that we can extend the detection limit of the data below that possible using linearly co-added images. We also discuss possible ways of enhancing object detection probabilities for certain well-defined classes of objects by using various optimized linear combinations of the pixel fluxes (optimal subspace filtering).