A precise symbolic emulator of the linear matter power spectrum
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| author | Bartlett, Deaglan J. Kammerer, Lukas Kronberger, Gabriel Desmond, Harry Ferreira, Pedro G. Wandelt, Benjamin D. Burlacu, Bogdan Alonso, David Zennaro, Matteo |
| author_facet | Bartlett, Deaglan J. Kammerer, Lukas Kronberger, Gabriel Desmond, Harry Ferreira, Pedro G. Wandelt, Benjamin D. Burlacu, Bogdan Alonso, David Zennaro, Matteo |
| contents | Computing the matter power spectrum, $P(k)$, as a function of cosmological parameters can be prohibitively slow in cosmological analyses, hence emulating this calculation is desirable. Previous analytic approximations are insufficiently accurate for modern applications, so black-box, uninterpretable emulators are often used. We utilise an efficient genetic programming based symbolic regression framework to explore the space of potential mathematical expressions which can approximate the power spectrum and $σ_8$. We learn the ratio between an existing low-accuracy fitting function for $P(k)$ and that obtained by solving the Boltzmann equations and thus still incorporate the physics which motivated this earlier approximation. We obtain an analytic approximation to the linear power spectrum with a root mean squared fractional error of 0.2% between $k = 9\times10^{-3} - 9 \, h{\rm \, Mpc^{-1}}$ and across a wide range of cosmological parameters, and we provide physical interpretations for various terms in the expression. Our analytic approximation is 950 times faster to evaluate than camb and 36 times faster than the neural network based matter power spectrum emulator BACCO. We also provide a simple analytic approximation for $σ_8$ with a similar accuracy, with a root mean squared fractional error of just 0.1% when evaluated across the same range of cosmologies. This function is easily invertible to obtain $A_{\rm s}$ as a function of $σ_8$ and the other cosmological parameters, if preferred. It is possible to obtain symbolic approximations to a seemingly complex function at a precision required for current and future cosmological analyses without resorting to deep-learning techniques, thus avoiding their black-box nature and large number of parameters. Our emulator will be usable long after the codes on which numerical approximations are built become outdated. |
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| spellingShingle | A precise symbolic emulator of the linear matter power spectrum Bartlett, Deaglan J. Kammerer, Lukas Kronberger, Gabriel Desmond, Harry Ferreira, Pedro G. Wandelt, Benjamin D. Burlacu, Bogdan Alonso, David Zennaro, Matteo Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Machine Learning Neural and Evolutionary Computing Computing the matter power spectrum, $P(k)$, as a function of cosmological parameters can be prohibitively slow in cosmological analyses, hence emulating this calculation is desirable. Previous analytic approximations are insufficiently accurate for modern applications, so black-box, uninterpretable emulators are often used. We utilise an efficient genetic programming based symbolic regression framework to explore the space of potential mathematical expressions which can approximate the power spectrum and $σ_8$. We learn the ratio between an existing low-accuracy fitting function for $P(k)$ and that obtained by solving the Boltzmann equations and thus still incorporate the physics which motivated this earlier approximation. We obtain an analytic approximation to the linear power spectrum with a root mean squared fractional error of 0.2% between $k = 9\times10^{-3} - 9 \, h{\rm \, Mpc^{-1}}$ and across a wide range of cosmological parameters, and we provide physical interpretations for various terms in the expression. Our analytic approximation is 950 times faster to evaluate than camb and 36 times faster than the neural network based matter power spectrum emulator BACCO. We also provide a simple analytic approximation for $σ_8$ with a similar accuracy, with a root mean squared fractional error of just 0.1% when evaluated across the same range of cosmologies. This function is easily invertible to obtain $A_{\rm s}$ as a function of $σ_8$ and the other cosmological parameters, if preferred. It is possible to obtain symbolic approximations to a seemingly complex function at a precision required for current and future cosmological analyses without resorting to deep-learning techniques, thus avoiding their black-box nature and large number of parameters. Our emulator will be usable long after the codes on which numerical approximations are built become outdated. |
| title | A precise symbolic emulator of the linear matter power spectrum |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Machine Learning Neural and Evolutionary Computing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15865 |