Seminars and Colloquia

Characterising X-ray Stellar Content of Our Galaxy Using Archival DataAstrophysics Seminar

by Pooja Sharma (Thapar University, Patiala)

Asia/Kolkata
Optics/First Floor-01 - First Floor Meeting Room (Optics Building)

Optics/First Floor-01 - First Floor Meeting Room

Optics Building

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Abstract

I will present my work on the population study of the Milky Way’s X-ray emitting stellar objects by combining the latest XMM-Newton (4XMM-DR13) observations with Gaia (DR3) astrometry and photometry. Using the probabilistic ARCHES cross-matching tool developed at the Observatory of Strasbourg, we identified 37,901 high-confidence optical stellar counterparts to XMM sources. The CMD revealed a prominent second sequence, which Simbad classifications showed to be dominated by magnetically active young stars and unresolved binaries.

To extend classifications beyond the limited Simbad labels, we trained a deep neural network to distinguish Binaries, Evolved, Main Sequence, Peculiar, and Young stars, achieving 77% accuracy. Together, probabilistic cross-matching, multiwavelength data, and machine learning provide an efficient framework for automatically characterizing Galactic X-ray stellar populations.