arXiv:2605.02453gr-qcastro-ph.HE2026-05

用卷积神经网络检测引力波中广义相对论的偏差,效果比传统方法强33倍。

Testing General Relativity Through Gravitational Wave Classification: A Convolutional Neural Network Framework

论文配图:Testing General Relativity Through Gravitational Wave Classification: A Convolutional Neural Network Framework
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  • 用相位扰动生成广义相对论外的引力波信号,构建测试数据集。
  • 以响应函数为输入,分类灵敏度提升约33倍,显著优于原始波形。
  • 可探测约10^{-23} eV/c²质量的引力子,适用于新型引力理论检验。

我们提出一种机器学习框架,用于通过双黑洞并合产生的引力波信号检验广义相对论(GR)。基于GWTC目录中的173个双黑洞事件的真实天体物理种群,我们生成符合GR的波形,并通过施加可控的相位变形构造超越广义相对论(BGR)的波形。引入响应函数形式化框架,系统量化任意可观测量对广义相对论修改的响应。训练卷积神经网络(CNN)使用两种输入表示:去噪波形与基于波形失配提取的响应函数型可观测量,后者能分离相位偏差的影响。以响应函数作为输入,分类灵敏度相比去噪波形提升约33倍,表明可观测量表示的选择与分类器架构同等重要。通过贝叶斯最优误差分析研究分类的根本极限,结合平均化方法揭示噪声中隐藏的相干模式,并将CNN准确率与单特征分类器比较,作为人类判断能力的代理。在所有变形尺度下,CNN均优于最佳单特征方法。我们将框架扩展至物理驱动理论,采用参数化后爱因斯坦(ppE)形式,应用于大质量引力理论,发现当引力子质量约为 $m_g \sim 10^{-23}\;\mathrm{eV}/c^2$ 时,aLIGO设计灵敏度即可检测到偏差。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We present a machine learning framework for testing general relativity (GR) with gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers. Using the source parameters of 173 BBH events from the GWTC catalog as a realistic astrophysical population, we generate simulated GR waveforms and construct beyond GR (BGR) waveforms by applying controlled phase deformations. We introduce a response function formalism that provides a systematic framework for quantifying how any observable responds to modifications of GR. We train convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on two input representations: whitened waveforms and a response function type observable derived from the waveform mismatch, which isolates the effect of phase deviations from the bulk signal. Using response functions as the CNN input improves the classification sensitivity by a factor of approximately 33 compared to whitened waveforms, demonstrating that the choice of observable representation is as important as the classifier architecture. We study the fundamental limits of this classification through Bayes optimal error analysis, averaging methods that reveal coherent patterns hidden in noise, and a comparison between CNN accuracy and a single feature classifier as a proxy for human performance. At all deformation scales, the CNN outperforms the best single feature approach. We extend the framework to physically motivated theories using the parameterized post Einsteinian (ppE) formalism and apply it to massive gravity, where the classifier detects deviations for graviton masses of order $m_g \sim 10^{-23}\;\mathrm{eV}/c^2$ with aLIGO design sensitivity.

引力波机器学习广义相对论深度学习

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