Bayesian Model Selection in 'Big Data' Spectral Analysis
Abstract
As IFU observations and large spectral surveys continue to become more prevalent, the handling of thousands of spectra has become common place. Astronomers look at objects with increasingly complex emission-linestructures, so establishing a method that will easily allow for multiple-component analysis of these features in an automated fashion would be of great use to the community. Already used in exoplanet detection and interferometric image reconstruction, we present a new application of Bayesian model selection in `big data' spectral analysis. With this technique, the fitting of multiple emission-line components in an automated fashion while simultaneously determining the correct number of components in each spectrum streamlines the line measurements for a large number of spectra into a single process.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #225
- Pub Date:
- January 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015AAS...22542208F