What does self-supervision add to engineered features for stellar light curves?

arXiv:2610.14283 · astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-10-09 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-10-09

Updated: 2026-10-09

Comments: 15 pages, 4 figures, 6 tables. Code: https://github.com/BrightonLiu-zZ/stellar-ssl/tree/arxiv-v1

Code: https://github.com/BrightonLiu-zZ/stellar-ssl

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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