We present the Swimmy (Subaru WIde-field Machine-learning anoMalY) survey program, a deep-learning-based search for unique sources using multicolored (grizy) imaging data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP). This program aims to detect unexpected, novel, and rare populations and phenomena, by utilizing the deep imaging data acquired from the wide-field coverage of the HSC-SSP. This article, as the first paper in the Swimmy series, describes an anomaly detection technique to select unique populations as “outliers” from the data-set. The model was tested with known extreme emission-line galaxies (XELGs) and quasars, which consequently confirmed that the proposed method successfully selected $$\sim\!\! 60\%$$–$$70\%$$ of the quasars and $$60\%$$ of the XELGs without labeled training data. In reference to the spectral information of local galaxies at z = 0.05–0.2 obtained from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we investigated the physical properties of the selected anomalies and compared them based on the significance of their outlier values. The results revealed that XELGs constitute notable fractions of the most anomalous galaxies, and certain galaxies manifest unique morphological features. In summary, deep anomaly detection is an effective tool that can search rare objects, and, ultimately, unknown unknowns with large data-sets. Further development of the proposed model and selection process can promote the practical applications required to achieve specific scientific goals.
Tanaka, Takumi S., et al. "Where’s Swimmy?: Mining unique color features buried in galaxies by deep anomaly detection using Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam data." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, vol. 74, no. 1, Nov. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psab105
Tanaka, Takumi S., Shimakawa, Rhythm, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Toba, Yoshiki, Kashikawa, Nobunari, Tanaka, Masayuki, & Inoue, Akio K. (2021). Where’s Swimmy?: Mining unique color features buried in galaxies by deep anomaly detection using Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam data. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 74(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psab105
Tanaka, Takumi S., Shimakawa, Rhythm, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, et al., "Where’s Swimmy?: Mining unique color features buried in galaxies by deep anomaly detection using Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam data," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 74, no. 1 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psab105
@article{osti_1982719,
author = {Tanaka, Takumi S. and Shimakawa, Rhythm and Shimasaku, Kazuhiro and Toba, Yoshiki and Kashikawa, Nobunari and Tanaka, Masayuki and Inoue, Akio K.},
title = {Where’s Swimmy?: Mining unique color features buried in galaxies by deep anomaly detection using Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam data},
annote = {Abstract We present the Swimmy (Subaru WIde-field Machine-learning anoMalY) survey program, a deep-learning-based search for unique sources using multicolored (grizy) imaging data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP). This program aims to detect unexpected, novel, and rare populations and phenomena, by utilizing the deep imaging data acquired from the wide-field coverage of the HSC-SSP. This article, as the first paper in the Swimmy series, describes an anomaly detection technique to select unique populations as “outliers” from the data-set. The model was tested with known extreme emission-line galaxies (XELGs) and quasars, which consequently confirmed that the proposed method successfully selected $\sim\!\! 60\%$–$70\%$ of the quasars and $60\%$ of the XELGs without labeled training data. In reference to the spectral information of local galaxies at z = 0.05–0.2 obtained from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we investigated the physical properties of the selected anomalies and compared them based on the significance of their outlier values. The results revealed that XELGs constitute notable fractions of the most anomalous galaxies, and certain galaxies manifest unique morphological features. In summary, deep anomaly detection is an effective tool that can search rare objects, and, ultimately, unknown unknowns with large data-sets. Further development of the proposed model and selection process can promote the practical applications required to achieve specific scientific goals.},
doi = {10.1093/pasj/psab105},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1982719},
journal = {Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan},
issn = {ISSN 0004-6264},
number = {1},
volume = {74},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Astronomical Society of Japan},
year = {2021},
month = {11}}