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Main Author: Lazanu, Andrei
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07514
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contents We use two subsets of 2000 and 1000 Quijote simulations to build two power spectrum emulators, allowing for fast computations of the non-linear matter power spectrum. The first emulator is built in terms of seven cosmological parameters: the matter and baryon fraction of the energy density of the Universe $Ω_m$ and $Ω_b$, the reduced Hubble constant $h$, the scalar spectral index $n_s$, the amplitude of matter density fluctuations $σ_8$, the total neutrino mass $M_ν$ and the dark energy equation of state parameter $w$, on scales $k \in [0.015,1.8]\,h/ \rm{Mpc^{-1}}$. The power spectra can be directly determined at redshifts 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 3, while for intermediate redshifts these can be interpolated. The second emulator is based on five cosmological parameters, $Ω_m$, $h$, $n_s$, $σ_8$ and the amplitude of equilateral non-Gaussianity $f_{\rm NL}^{\rm eq}$, at redshifts 0, 0.503, 0.733, 0.997 for $k \in [0.015,1.8]\,h/ \rm{Mpc^{-1}}$. The emulators are built on machine learning techniques. In both cases we have investigated both neural networks and tree-based methods and we have shown that the best accuracy is obtained for a neural network with two hidden layers. Both emulators achieve a root-mean-squared relative error of less then 5\% for all the redshifts considered on the scales discussed.
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spellingShingle Power Spectrum Emulators from Neural Networks and Tree-Based Methods
Lazanu, Andrei
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We use two subsets of 2000 and 1000 Quijote simulations to build two power spectrum emulators, allowing for fast computations of the non-linear matter power spectrum. The first emulator is built in terms of seven cosmological parameters: the matter and baryon fraction of the energy density of the Universe $Ω_m$ and $Ω_b$, the reduced Hubble constant $h$, the scalar spectral index $n_s$, the amplitude of matter density fluctuations $σ_8$, the total neutrino mass $M_ν$ and the dark energy equation of state parameter $w$, on scales $k \in [0.015,1.8]\,h/ \rm{Mpc^{-1}}$. The power spectra can be directly determined at redshifts 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 3, while for intermediate redshifts these can be interpolated. The second emulator is based on five cosmological parameters, $Ω_m$, $h$, $n_s$, $σ_8$ and the amplitude of equilateral non-Gaussianity $f_{\rm NL}^{\rm eq}$, at redshifts 0, 0.503, 0.733, 0.997 for $k \in [0.015,1.8]\,h/ \rm{Mpc^{-1}}$. The emulators are built on machine learning techniques. In both cases we have investigated both neural networks and tree-based methods and we have shown that the best accuracy is obtained for a neural network with two hidden layers. Both emulators achieve a root-mean-squared relative error of less then 5\% for all the redshifts considered on the scales discussed.
title Power Spectrum Emulators from Neural Networks and Tree-Based Methods
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07514