arXiv:2509.14875astro-ph.EPastro-ph.IM2025-09

用深度学习从凌星光变曲线反推行星形状,突破传统球形假设。

Beyond Spherical geometry: Unraveling complex features of objects orbiting around stars from its transit light curve using deep learning

  • 用傅里叶系数分解复杂形状,训练神经网络直接从光变曲线预测形状参数。
  • 低阶椭圆(整体形状)可准确重建,高阶细节仅能确定尺度,方向与偏心率受限。
  • 揭示非凸形状的重构难度依赖于其朝向,为系外行星几何研究提供新视角。

从凌星光变曲线表征绕恒星运行物体的几何形状是揭示多种复杂现象的强大工具。该问题本质上是病态的,因为多种不同形状可能产生相似甚至相同的光变曲线。本研究探究形状特征在光变曲线中可被编码的程度。我们生成二维随机形状库,并使用光变曲线模拟器 Yuti 模拟其凌星光变曲线。每种形状被分解为一系列椭圆分量,以傅里叶系数表示,逐步叠加递减的扰动至理想椭圆。我们训练深度神经网络,直接从模拟光变曲线预测这些傅里叶系数。结果表明,神经网络可成功重建描述整体形状、取向及大尺度扰动的低阶椭圆。对于高阶椭圆,尺度可被正确确定,但偏心率和取向的推断受限,揭示了光变曲线中形状信息的边界。我们进一步探讨了非凸形状特征对重构的影响,发现其依赖于形状朝向。神经网络达成的重构水平突显了利用光变曲线提取凌星系统几何信息的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Characterizing the geometry of an object orbiting around a star from its transit light curve is a powerful tool to uncover various complex phenomena. This problem is inherently ill-posed, since similar or identical light curves can be produced by multiple different shapes. In this study, we investigate the extent to which the features of a shape can be embedded in a transit light curve. We generate a library of two-dimensional random shapes and simulate their transit light curves with light curve simulator, Yuti. Each shape is decomposed into a series of elliptical components expressed in the form of Fourier coefficients that adds increasingly diminishing perturbations to an ideal ellipse. We train deep neural networks to predict these Fourier coefficients directly from simulated light curves. Our results demonstrate that the neural network can successfully reconstruct the low-order ellipses, which describe overall shape, orientation and large-scale perturbations. For higher order ellipses the scale is successfully determined but the inference of eccentricity and orientation is limited, demonstrating the extent of shape information in the light curve. We explore the impact of non-convex shape features in reconstruction, and show its dependence on shape orientation. The level of reconstruction achieved by the neural network underscores the utility of using light curves as a means to extract geometric information from transiting systems.

凌星光变形状重建深度学习系外行星

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