Parameter estimation for stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds with space-based detectors via sequential neural posterior estimation
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摘要: 随着空间引力波探测计划(如 LISA、天琴、太极)的深入,从复杂的探测器噪声中提取微弱的随机引力波背景信号已成为当前数据处理领域的一项关键挑战。由于空间探测环境的复杂性,仪器噪声与天体物理及宇宙学背景信号在频域内显著重叠,传统采样方法在高维参数空间中面临巨大的计算开销。本文采用序列神经后验估计(SNPE)框架,利用归一化构建了高维观测数据与参数空间之间的条件概率密度估计器,并构建了一个包含背景振幅、频谱指数、混淆噪声及仪器噪声在内的 11 维参数分析模型。实验结果表明,在处理多源叠加信号时,SNPE 得到的后验分布在形态与位置上均与传统 MCMC 采样结果保持一致。通过 Jensen-Shannon 散度量化分析发现,绝大多数参数的JS散度值保持在极低水平(< 0.04),验证了 SNPE 框架在空间引力波背景信号分离与参数估计任务中的可靠性。该方法在保证分析精度的同时,展现了处理高维复杂数据的潜力,为未来空间随机引力波参数估计提供了一种有效的技术路径。Abstract: With the progression of space based gravitational wave missions such as LISA, Taiji, and TianQin, extracting faint stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds from complex detector noise has emerged as a pivotal challenge in data processing. Due to the intricate observational environment, instrumental noise significantly overlaps with astrophysical and cosmological signals in the frequency domain, imposing a substantial computational burden on traditional sampling methods within high dimensional parameter spaces. In this study, we employ a Sequential Neural Posterior Estimation (SNPE) framework, utilizing Normalizing Flows to learn the mapping between simulated data and parameters. An 11 dimensional parameter analysis model is constructed, encompassing background amplitudes, spectral indices, confusion noise, and instrumental noise. The results demonstrate that the posterior distributions obtained via SNPE are consistent with the Markov Chain Monte Carlo references in both profile and location for multi source signals. Quantitative analysis using Jensen Shannon Divergence reveals that the discrepancies for most parameters remain at an extremely low level, typically below 0.04, validating the reliability of the SNPE framework for SGWB signal separation and parameter estimation. While maintaining analytical precision, this approach demonstrates significant potential for handling high dimensional complex data, offering a robust technical path for future space based gravitational wave data analysis.
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