arXiv:2411.14748astro-ph.COastro-ph.IM2024-11被引 4

用廉价模拟训练+少量真模拟校准,高效精准推断宇宙大尺度结构参数。

Cosmological Analysis with Calibrated Neural Quantile Estimation and Approximate Simulators

  • 用大量近似模拟训练,少量高精度模拟校准,保证结果无偏。
  • 在 $k_{\rm max} \sim 1.5\,h$/Mpc 处实现精确参数估计,计算成本仅为传统方法的几分之一。
  • 适合大规模宇宙学数据处理,尤其适用于高分辨率小尺度分析。

当前及未来宇宙大尺度结构(LSS)巡天的数据分析面临高保真模拟计算成本过高的挑战。本文提出校准神经分位数估计(NQE),一种基于模拟的推断(SBI)新方法:利用大量近似模拟进行训练,仅需少量高保真模拟进行校准。该方法无论近似模拟精度如何,均能保证后验分布无偏;当近似模拟合理时,可实现接近最优的约束能力。作为概念验证,我们展示了在 $z=0$ 处,通过训练约 $10^4$ 个带转移函数修正的粒子网格(PM)模拟,并用约 $10^2$ 个昂贵的粒子-粒子(PP)模拟校准,即可从二维暗物质密度图中实现场级参数推断,达到 $k_{\rm max} \sim 1.5\,h$/Mpc 的小尺度精度。校准后的后验与直接使用 $10^4$ 个昂贵 PP 模拟训练的结果高度一致,但计算成本大幅降低。本方法为宇宙学 LSS 的高效、可扩展推断提供了实用框架。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

A major challenge in extracting information from current and upcoming surveys of cosmological Large-Scale Structure (LSS) is the limited availability of computationally expensive high-fidelity simulations. We introduce calibrated Neural Quantile Estimation (NQE), a new Simulation-Based Inference (SBI) method that leverages a large number of approximate simulations for training and a small number of high-fidelity simulations for calibration. This approach guarantees an unbiased posterior regardless of approximate simulation accuracy, while achieving near-optimal constraining power when the approximate simulations are reasonably accurate. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate that cosmological parameters can be inferred at field level from projected 2-dim dark matter density maps up to $k_{\rm max}\sim1.5\,h$/Mpc at $z=0$ by training on $\sim10^4$ Particle-Mesh (PM) simulations with transfer function correction and calibrating with $\sim10^2$ Particle-Particle (PP) simulations. The calibrated posteriors closely match those obtained by directly training on $\sim10^4$ expensive PP simulations, but at a fraction of the computational cost. Our method offers a practical and scalable framework for SBI of cosmological LSS, enabling precise inference across vast volumes and down to small scales.

宇宙学模拟推断神经网络大数据分析

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