One latent to fit them all: a unified representation of baryonic feedback on matter distribution
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| author | Lin, Shurui Li, Yin Genel, Shy Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco Dai, Biwei Luo, Wentao Wang, Yang |
| author_facet | Lin, Shurui Li, Yin Genel, Shy Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco Dai, Biwei Luo, Wentao Wang, Yang |
| contents | Accurate and parsimonious quantification of baryonic feedback on matter distribution is of crucial importance for understanding both cosmology and galaxy formation from observational data. This is, however, challenging given the large discrepancy among different models of galaxy formation simulations, and their distinct subgrid physics parameterizations. Using 5,072 simulations from 4 different models covering broad ranges in their parameter spaces, we find a unified 2D latent representation. Compared to the simulations and other phenomenological models, our representation is independent of both time and cosmology, much lower-dimensional, and disentangled in its impacts on the matter power spectra. The common latent space facilitates the comparison of parameter spaces of different models and is readily interpretable by correlation with each. The two latent dimensions provide a complementary representation of baryonic effects, linking black hole and supernova feedback to distinct and interpretable impacts on both the matter power spectrum, and field, level. Our approach enables developing robust and economical analytic models for optimal gain of physical information from data, and is generalizable to other fields with significant modeling uncertainty. |
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| spellingShingle | One latent to fit them all: a unified representation of baryonic feedback on matter distribution Lin, Shurui Li, Yin Genel, Shy Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco Dai, Biwei Luo, Wentao Wang, Yang Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Accurate and parsimonious quantification of baryonic feedback on matter distribution is of crucial importance for understanding both cosmology and galaxy formation from observational data. This is, however, challenging given the large discrepancy among different models of galaxy formation simulations, and their distinct subgrid physics parameterizations. Using 5,072 simulations from 4 different models covering broad ranges in their parameter spaces, we find a unified 2D latent representation. Compared to the simulations and other phenomenological models, our representation is independent of both time and cosmology, much lower-dimensional, and disentangled in its impacts on the matter power spectra. The common latent space facilitates the comparison of parameter spaces of different models and is readily interpretable by correlation with each. The two latent dimensions provide a complementary representation of baryonic effects, linking black hole and supernova feedback to distinct and interpretable impacts on both the matter power spectrum, and field, level. Our approach enables developing robust and economical analytic models for optimal gain of physical information from data, and is generalizable to other fields with significant modeling uncertainty. |
| title | One latent to fit them all: a unified representation of baryonic feedback on matter distribution |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01881 |