{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7214100340","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","title":"Bayesian Galaxy Asymmetry","display_name":"Bayesian Galaxy Asymmetry","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7214100340","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","pdf_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S1980519","display_name":"The Astrophysical Journal","issn_l":"0004-637X","issn":["0004-637X","1538-4357"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-a","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-2","oarl","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Astrophysical Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref","datacite","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a/pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046168841","display_name":"Mathieu Perron-Cormier","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204722609","display_name":"Queen's University","ror":"https://ror.org/02y72wh86","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204722609"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210096394","display_name":"Queens University","ror":"https://ror.org/00strmv13","country_code":"BD","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}],"countries":["BD","CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mathieu Perron-Cormier","raw_affiliation_strings":["Queen\u2019s University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Queen\u2019s University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204722609","https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5105840788","display_name":"Kristine Spekkens","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0956-7949","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0956-7949"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204722609","display_name":"Queen's University","ror":"https://ror.org/02y72wh86","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204722609"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210096394","display_name":"Queens University","ror":"https://ror.org/00strmv13","country_code":"BD","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}],"countries":["BD","CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kristine Spekkens","raw_affiliation_strings":["Queen\u2019s University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Queen\u2019s University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204722609","https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001524054","display_name":"Nathan Deg","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-7633","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-7633"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204722609","display_name":"Queen's University","ror":"https://ror.org/02y72wh86","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204722609"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210096394","display_name":"Queens University","ror":"https://ror.org/00strmv13","country_code":"BD","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}],"countries":["BD","CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nathan Deg","raw_affiliation_strings":["Queen\u2019s University"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-7633","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Queen\u2019s University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204722609","https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018623269","display_name":"Lawrence M. Widrow","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-8635","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-8635"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204722609","display_name":"Queen's University","ror":"https://ror.org/02y72wh86","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204722609"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210096394","display_name":"Queens University","ror":"https://ror.org/00strmv13","country_code":"BD","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}],"countries":["BD","CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lawrence M. Widrow","raw_affiliation_strings":["Queen\u2019s University"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-8635","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Queen\u2019s University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204722609","https://openalex.org/I4210096394"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029067617","display_name":"Marcin Glowacki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-8894","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-8894"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4390039249","display_name":"Inter-university Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy","ror":"https://ror.org/01edhwb26","country_code":"ZA","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274","https://openalex.org/I4390039249","https://openalex.org/I69552723","https://openalex.org/I869660684"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98677209","display_name":"University of Edinburgh","ror":"https://ror.org/01nrxwf90","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}],"countries":["GB","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marcin Glowacki","raw_affiliation_strings":["Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy","University of Edinburgh"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4390039249"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Edinburgh","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":4,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4499,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4499},"apc_paid":{"value":4499,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4499},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.624067,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"1010","issue":"2","first_page":"125","last_page":"125"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10026","display_name":"Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10026","display_name":"Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10039","display_name":"Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10477","display_name":"Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/galaxy-asymmetry","display_name":"galaxy asymmetry","score":0.9869999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bayesian-inference","display_name":"Bayesian inference","score":0.6340000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/galaxy-morphology","display_name":"galaxy morphology","score":0.7360000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hi-21cm-emission","display_name":"HI 21 cm emission","score":0.8930000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uncertainty-estimation","display_name":"uncertainty estimation","score":0.5210000276565552}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38976095","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752641","display_name":"Asymmetry","level":2,"score":0.7918999791145325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98444146","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318","display_name":"Galaxy","level":2,"score":0.7213000059127808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.6705999970436096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107673813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q812534","display_name":"Bayesian probability","level":2,"score":0.6180999875068665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780009758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804172","display_name":"Measure (data warehouse)","level":2,"score":0.5008000135421753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121864883","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677916","display_name":"Statistical physics","level":1,"score":0.44350001215934753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99498987","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2210247","display_name":"Noise (video)","level":3,"score":0.43130001425743103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44870925","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37547","display_name":"Astrophysics","level":1,"score":0.4207000136375427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.36579999327659607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777303404","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759757","display_name":"Convergence (economics)","level":2,"score":0.3377000093460083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96608239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1199823","display_name":"Statistical power","level":2,"score":0.3163999915122986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3059999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204323151","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905424","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","level":2,"score":0.30399999022483826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160234255","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q812535","display_name":"Bayesian inference","level":3,"score":0.29089999198913574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114289077","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3284399","display_name":"Statistical model","level":2,"score":0.28760001063346863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61797465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1188986","display_name":"Term (time)","level":2,"score":0.2827000021934509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19619285","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q196372","display_name":"Observational error","level":2,"score":0.2797999978065491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207201462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182505","display_name":"Bayes' theorem","level":3,"score":0.2770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87007009","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210832","display_name":"Statistical hypothesis testing","level":2,"score":0.26330000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101112237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4874481","display_name":"Bayesian statistics","level":4,"score":0.25760000944137573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.25040000677108765}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","pdf_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S1980519","display_name":"The Astrophysical Journal","issn_l":"0004-637X","issn":["0004-637X","1538-4357"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-a","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-2","oarl","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Astrophysical Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2609.26472","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26472","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.26472","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:5e5b94a566aa4bd79228962259aa8810","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/5e5b94a566aa4bd79228962259aa8810","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"The Astrophysical Journal, Vol 1010, Iss 2, p 125 (2026)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.26472","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2609.26472","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2609.26472","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a","pdf_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aea97a/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S1980519","display_name":"The Astrophysical Journal","issn_l":"0004-637X","issn":["0004-637X","1538-4357"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-a","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-2","oarl","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Astrophysical Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2252586205","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"ST/Y001117/1","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334593","funder_display_name":"Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5404944332","display_name":"The Radio Sky as a Test of Galaxy Formation Models","funder_award_id":"ST/Y001117/1","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334632","funder_display_name":"Science and Technology Facilities Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320692","display_name":"University of Pretoria","ror":"https://ror.org/00g0p6g84"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321970","display_name":"University of the Western Cape","ror":"https://ror.org/00h2vm590"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320324164","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334593","display_name":"Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada","ror":"https://ror.org/01h531d29"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334632","display_name":"Science and Technology Facilities Council","ror":"https://ror.org/057g20z61"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7214100340.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7214100340.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":40,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1880454050","https://openalex.org/W1952411818","https://openalex.org/W1970517322","https://openalex.org/W2018065065","https://openalex.org/W2052556241","https://openalex.org/W2071187610","https://openalex.org/W2105802267","https://openalex.org/W2114348703","https://openalex.org/W2167796343","https://openalex.org/W2431565426","https://openalex.org/W2892039870","https://openalex.org/W2904186977","https://openalex.org/W2912395310","https://openalex.org/W3006292462","https://openalex.org/W3008677591","https://openalex.org/W3024708844","https://openalex.org/W3088630858","https://openalex.org/W3175069493","https://openalex.org/W3183348858","https://openalex.org/W3203297490","https://openalex.org/W4292665584","https://openalex.org/W4297183622","https://openalex.org/W4309133108","https://openalex.org/W4309134926","https://openalex.org/W4313263257","https://openalex.org/W4323824402","https://openalex.org/W4380028154","https://openalex.org/W4391309486","https://openalex.org/W4402469450","https://openalex.org/W4404245872","https://openalex.org/W4406549023","https://openalex.org/W4406808962","https://openalex.org/W4412033689","https://openalex.org/W4414873668","https://openalex.org/W4416300665","https://openalex.org/W4417073325","https://openalex.org/W7141810175","https://openalex.org/W7169500186","https://openalex.org/W7171932382","https://openalex.org/W7172008125"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4380028154","https://openalex.org/W7058117421","https://openalex.org/W4406549023","https://openalex.org/W2431565426","https://openalex.org/W2999086181","https://openalex.org/W4402469450","https://openalex.org/W7097386564","https://openalex.org/W3183348858","https://openalex.org/W3008677591","https://openalex.org/W7169857059"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Galaxy":[1],"asymmetry":[2,33,50,126],"is":[3,79],"an":[4,29],"efficient":[5],"way":[6],"to":[7,24,99,116,124],"characterize":[8],"galaxy":[9,75,136],"morphology":[10],"in":[11,34],"atomic":[12],"hydrogen":[13],"21":[14],"cm":[15],"emission":[16],"detections.":[17],"We":[18,85],"propose":[19],"a":[20,35,41,68,90],"novel":[21],"Bayesian":[22,122],"approach":[23,39,60,123],"calculate":[25],"the":[26,46,65,100,110,117,131],"probability":[27],"of":[28,43,48,71,74,112,134],"underlying":[30],"squared":[31],"differences":[32],"noisy":[36],"detection.":[37],"This":[38,77,121],"has":[40],"number":[42,111],"advantages,":[44],"including":[45],"recovery":[47],"low":[49],"values":[51],"where":[52],"prior":[53],"noise":[54,83],"corrections":[55],"failed.":[56],"More":[57],"importantly,":[58],"our":[59,87,106],"provides":[61],"robust":[62],"uncertainties":[63],"on":[64],"asymmetry,":[66],"enabling":[67],"wide":[69],"variety":[70],"statistical":[72,132],"studies":[73],"populations.":[76],"method":[78,88,107],"generalized":[80],"for":[81],"convolved":[82],"measures.":[84],"validate":[86],"using":[89],"convergence":[91],"test.":[92],"Finally,":[93],"we":[94],"show":[95],"how,":[96],"when":[97],"applied":[98],"untargeted":[101],"H":[102],"I":[103],"survey":[104],"WALLABY,":[105],"nearly":[108],"triples":[109],"reliable":[113],"measurements":[114],"relatively":[115],"previous":[118],"state-of-the-art":[119],"technique.":[120],"measure":[125],"will":[127],"therefore":[128],"further":[129],"unlock":[130],"power":[133],"widefield":[135],"surveys.":[137]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00"}