Identifying phase transitions in physical systems with neural networks: a neural architecture search perspective

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Hauptverfasser: Terin, Rodrigo Carmo, Arenas, Zochil González, Santana, Roberto
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author Terin, Rodrigo Carmo
Arenas, Zochil González
Santana, Roberto
author_facet Terin, Rodrigo Carmo
Arenas, Zochil González
Santana, Roberto
contents The use of machine learning algorithms to investigate phase transitions in physical systems is a valuable way to better understand the characteristics of these systems. Neural networks have been used to extract information of phases and phase transitions directly from many-body configurations. However, one limitation of neural networks is that they require the definition of the model architecture and parameters previous to their application, and such determination is itself a difficult problem. In this paper, we investigate for the first time the relationship between the accuracy of neural networks for information of phases and the network configuration (that comprises the architecture and hyperparameters). We formulate the phase analysis as a regression task, address the question of generating data that reflects the different states of the physical system, and evaluate the performance of neural architecture search for this task. After obtaining the optimized architectures, we further implement smart data processing and analytics by means of neuron coverage metrics, assessing the capability of these metrics to estimate phase transitions. Our results identify the neuron coverage metric as promising for detecting phase transitions in physical systems.
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spellingShingle Identifying phase transitions in physical systems with neural networks: a neural architecture search perspective
Terin, Rodrigo Carmo
Arenas, Zochil González
Santana, Roberto
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Computational Physics
The use of machine learning algorithms to investigate phase transitions in physical systems is a valuable way to better understand the characteristics of these systems. Neural networks have been used to extract information of phases and phase transitions directly from many-body configurations. However, one limitation of neural networks is that they require the definition of the model architecture and parameters previous to their application, and such determination is itself a difficult problem. In this paper, we investigate for the first time the relationship between the accuracy of neural networks for information of phases and the network configuration (that comprises the architecture and hyperparameters). We formulate the phase analysis as a regression task, address the question of generating data that reflects the different states of the physical system, and evaluate the performance of neural architecture search for this task. After obtaining the optimized architectures, we further implement smart data processing and analytics by means of neuron coverage metrics, assessing the capability of these metrics to estimate phase transitions. Our results identify the neuron coverage metric as promising for detecting phase transitions in physical systems.
title Identifying phase transitions in physical systems with neural networks: a neural architecture search perspective
topic Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15118