用AI神经网络实现低质量双中子星引力波实时搜索,效率更高且延迟更低。
AI-enabled gravitational-waves searches for binary neutron stars at optimal sensitivity

- 用神经网络学习信号特征,替代传统波形匹配搜索。
- 在单块非旗舰GPU上实现与经典方法相当的探测灵敏度。
- 适合快速在线分析和大规模数据存档处理,部署灵活。
引力波为天文学提供了观测致密天体的新窗口。双中子星并合信号尤为关键,因其可能伴随电磁与中微子辐射,推动多信使天文学发展。2017年首次探测到双中子星并合事件GW170817。然而,在LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA(LVK)探测器中实时搜索此类信号面临巨大计算挑战:需与约百万条参考波形比对,耗时可达上千个CPU核心。本文提出基于神经网络的Aframe算法,首次实现人工智能驱动的实时双黑洞(BBH)探测。本研究进一步证明该方法可扩展至低质量双中子星(BNS)波段,并在计算成本和延迟显著降低的前提下达到与匹配滤波相当的灵敏度。通过下变频处理长时序信号,原有用于双黑洞的网络架构即可有效区分信号与背景。此外,该分析仅需单块非旗舰级GPU即可在线部署。借助推理即服务(Inference-as-a-Service)工具,还可利用分布式GPU资源实现快速离线分析。因此,Aframe不仅适用于实时数据处理,也为高效档案数据挖掘提供新范式。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Gravitational Waves (GWs) represent the newest window of astronomy, furthering our understanding of compact objects like black holes and neutron stars in the Universe. The signal from two merging neutron stars is especially interesting since it brings the prospect of concordant electromagnetic and neutrino emissions. Such multi-messenger observations have a transformational impact on fundamental physics, nuclear matter, astrophysics, and gravity. It was first witnessed in 2017 with the detection of the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817. However, searching for BNS signals in real-time in the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) GW detectors presents a computational challenge, as the data streaming out must be matched against $\sim$ million reference waveforms, which requires up to a thousand CPU cores. We present a different approach using neural networks to learn the presence of a signal in the data. Our algorithm, called Aframe, was deployed in the LVK's fourth observing run and was the first artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled search to detect multiple binary black holes (BBHs) live. In this work, we demonstrate that the approach extends to the lower-mass BNS regime, and is the first AI-enabled search that achieves sensitivity comparable to matched-filter pipelines at lower computational and latency costs. The challenge of the longer-duration BNS signals is addressed by heterodyning the data, following which the network architecture used for BBHs is sufficient to distinguish signal versus background. We also show that this analysis requires a single non-flagship GPU for online deployment. Furthermore, the design and adoption of inference-as-a-service tools allow rapid offline analysis using a distributed pool of GPU resources. Hence, aside from the use case of rapid online data analysis, we also establish the use of Aframe for efficient archival data analysis.
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