Real-Bogus Machine Learning Systems at the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory

摘要

The intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) is a wide-field sky survey of the optical transient sky (e.g., supernovae, variable stars) that uses image subtraction for the discovery of astronomical transients. Astronomical transients, such as supernovae, are only observable on a timescale of weeks to months. In order to thoroughly study supernova physics, it is important to detect the supernova as early as possible to trigger follow-up assets that can begin observing the event in multiple wavelengths prior to its decline.