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ExoNet: Multimodal Deep Learning for TESS Exoplanet Candidate Identification via Phase-Folded Light Curves, Stellar Parameters, and Multi-Head Attention Fusion

arXiv CS.LG

ArXi:2604.15560v1 Announce Type: cross NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified thousands of exoplanet candidates, yet many remain unconfirmed due to the limitations of manual vetting processes. This paper presents ExoNet, a multimodal deep learning framework that integrates phase-folded global and local light curve representations with stellar parameters using a late-fusion architecture combining 1D Convolutional Neural Networks and Multi-Head Attention.