Spectroscopy

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Reading the Aurora: What Transformer Attention Sees in Auroral Spectra

A 1D Vision Transformer classifies auroral emission spectra, and its attention maps rediscover known emission lines without any physics prior.

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Matthieu Le Lain
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Multi-label Classification of Ground-based Auroral Emission Spectra Using 1D Vision Transformers

We examine whether Vision Transformer attention can serve as a built-in interpretability mechanism on ordered 1D scientific signals, where physical ground truth enables direct …

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Matthieu Le Lain
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Multi-label Classification of Ground-based Auroral Emission Spectra Using 1D Vision Transformers

Poster on classifying auroral emission spectra with a 1D Vision Transformer, whose attention maps recover known emission lines without spectroscopic priors.

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Matthieu Le Lain
Orbital parameters of the bright binary alpha Draconis based on amateur spectra from the STAROS database featured image

Orbital parameters of the bright binary alpha Draconis based on amateur spectra from the STAROS database

Results of a STAROS monitoring campaign on the bright eclipsing binary star α Draconis. Over 200 high-resolution spectra were obtained by an international group of amateur …

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Matthieu Le Lain
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STAROS Projects

STAROS Projects develops spectroscopy tools and observation campaigns to foster professional-amateur (pro-am) collaborations in astronomy.