Cluster membership analysis with supervised learning and

Context. Membership analysis is an important tool for studying star clusters. There are various approaches to membership determination, including supervised and unsupervised machine-learning (ML) methods. Aims. We perform membership analysis using the supervised ML approach. Methods. We trained and tested our ML models on two sets of star cluster data: snapshots from N-body simulations, and 21 different clusters from the Gaia Data Release 3 data. Results. We explored five different ML models: random forest (RF), decision trees, support vector machines, feed-forward neural networks, and K-nearest neighbors. We find that all models produce similar results, and the accuracy of RF is slightly better. We find that a balance of classes in the datasets is optional for a successful learning. The classification accuracy strongly depends on the astrometric parameters. The addition of photometric parameters does not improve the performance. We find no strong correlation between the classification accuracy and the cluster age, mass, and half-mass radius. At the same time, models trained on clusters with a larger number of members generally produce better results.

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Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Published
2024-09-19
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https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449791/pdf
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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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Cluster membership analysis with supervised learning and

Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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Cluster membership analysis with supervised learning and

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Abstract

Context. Membership analysis is an important tool for studying star clusters. There are various approaches to membership determination, including supervised and unsupervised machine-learning (ML) methods. Aims. We perform membership analysis using the supervised ML approach. Methods. We trained and tested our ML models on two sets of star cluster data: snapshots from N-body simulations, and 21 different clusters from the Gaia Data Release 3 data. Results. We explored five different ML models: random forest (RF), decision trees, support vector machines, feed-forward neural networks, and K-nearest neighbors. We find that all models produce similar results, and the accuracy of RF is slightly better. We find that a balance of classes in the datasets is optional for a successful learning. The classification accuracy strongly depends on the astrometric parameters. The addition of photometric parameters does not improve the performance. We find no strong correlation between the classification accuracy and the cluster age, mass, and half-mass radius. At the same time, models trained on clusters with a larger number of members generally produce better results.

Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nazarbayev University, National Academy of Sciences
Openalex Percentile: Top 68%
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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