MG-NECOLA: Fast Neural Emulators for Modified Gravity Cosmologies

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Main Authors: Orjuela-Quintana, J. Bayron, Reyes, Mauricio, Giusarma, Elena, Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco, Kaushal, Neerav, Valenzuela-Toledo, César A.
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author Orjuela-Quintana, J. Bayron
Reyes, Mauricio
Giusarma, Elena
Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco
Kaushal, Neerav
Valenzuela-Toledo, César A.
author_facet Orjuela-Quintana, J. Bayron
Reyes, Mauricio
Giusarma, Elena
Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco
Kaushal, Neerav
Valenzuela-Toledo, César A.
contents Observations of the large-scale structure (LSS) provide a powerful test of gravity on cosmological scales, but high-resolution N-body simulations of modified gravity (MG) are prohibitively expensive. We present MG-NECOLA, a convolutional neural network that enhances fast MG-PICOLA simulations to near-N-body fidelity at a fraction of the cost. MG-NECOLA reproduces QUIJOTE-MG N-body results in the power spectrum and bispectrum with better than 1% accuracy down to non-linear scales ($k \simeq 1~h~\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$), while reducing computational time by several orders of magnitude. Importantly, although trained only on $f(R)$ models with massless neutrinos, the network generalizes robustly to scenarios with massive neutrinos, preserving accuracy to within 5% at non-linear scales. This combination of precision and robustness establishes MG-NECOLA as a practical emulator for producing large ensembles of high-fidelity simulations, enabling efficient exploration of modified gravity and beyond-$Λ$CDM cosmologies in upcoming surveys.
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spellingShingle MG-NECOLA: Fast Neural Emulators for Modified Gravity Cosmologies
Orjuela-Quintana, J. Bayron
Reyes, Mauricio
Giusarma, Elena
Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco
Kaushal, Neerav
Valenzuela-Toledo, César A.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Observations of the large-scale structure (LSS) provide a powerful test of gravity on cosmological scales, but high-resolution N-body simulations of modified gravity (MG) are prohibitively expensive. We present MG-NECOLA, a convolutional neural network that enhances fast MG-PICOLA simulations to near-N-body fidelity at a fraction of the cost. MG-NECOLA reproduces QUIJOTE-MG N-body results in the power spectrum and bispectrum with better than 1% accuracy down to non-linear scales ($k \simeq 1~h~\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$), while reducing computational time by several orders of magnitude. Importantly, although trained only on $f(R)$ models with massless neutrinos, the network generalizes robustly to scenarios with massive neutrinos, preserving accuracy to within 5% at non-linear scales. This combination of precision and robustness establishes MG-NECOLA as a practical emulator for producing large ensembles of high-fidelity simulations, enabling efficient exploration of modified gravity and beyond-$Λ$CDM cosmologies in upcoming surveys.
title MG-NECOLA: Fast Neural Emulators for Modified Gravity Cosmologies
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20086