[ascl:2602.019]
braai: Bogus/Real astrophysical event classification for the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)
Duev, Dmitry A.;
Mahabal, Ashish;
Masci, Frank J.;
Graham, Matthew J.;
Rusholme, Ben;
Walters, Richard;
Karmarkar, Ishani;
Frederick, Sara;
Kasliwal, Mansi M.;
Rebbapragada, Umaa;
Ward, Charlotte
braai (Bogus/Real Adversarial AI) performs deep-learning real/bogus classification for the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), separating genuine astrophysical events and objects from false positive detections. It uses a convolutional neural network to enable efficient automated detection of flux transients, recurring flux-variable sources, and moving objects in large-scale astronomical survey data. In production, it achieves low false negative and false positive rates.
- Code site:
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https://github.com/dmitryduev/braai
- Described in:
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https://scixplorer.org/abs/2019MNRAS.489.3582D
- Bibcode:
- 2026ascl.soft02019D