Hybrid algorithm combining matched filtering and convolutional neural networks for searching gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers

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Main Authors: Yamamoto, Takahiro S., Cannon, Kipp, Motohashi, Hayato, Tahara, Hiroaki W. H.
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Published: 2025
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author Yamamoto, Takahiro S.
Cannon, Kipp
Motohashi, Hayato
Tahara, Hiroaki W. H.
author_facet Yamamoto, Takahiro S.
Cannon, Kipp
Motohashi, Hayato
Tahara, Hiroaki W. H.
contents Efficient searches for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence are crucial for gravitational wave observations. We present a proof-of-concept for a method that utilizes a neural network taking an SNR map, a stack of SNR time series calculated by the matched filter, as input and predicting the presence or absence of gravitational waves in observational data. We demonstrate our algorithm by applying it to a dataset of gravitational-wave signals from stellar-mass black hole mergers injected into stationary Gaussian noise. Our algorithm exhibits comparable performance to the standard matched-filter pipeline and to the machine-learning algorithms that participated in the mock data challenge, MLGWSC-1. The demonstration also shows that our algorithm achieves reasonable sensitivity with practical computational resources.
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spellingShingle Hybrid algorithm combining matched filtering and convolutional neural networks for searching gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers
Yamamoto, Takahiro S.
Cannon, Kipp
Motohashi, Hayato
Tahara, Hiroaki W. H.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Efficient searches for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence are crucial for gravitational wave observations. We present a proof-of-concept for a method that utilizes a neural network taking an SNR map, a stack of SNR time series calculated by the matched filter, as input and predicting the presence or absence of gravitational waves in observational data. We demonstrate our algorithm by applying it to a dataset of gravitational-wave signals from stellar-mass black hole mergers injected into stationary Gaussian noise. Our algorithm exhibits comparable performance to the standard matched-filter pipeline and to the machine-learning algorithms that participated in the mock data challenge, MLGWSC-1. The demonstration also shows that our algorithm achieves reasonable sensitivity with practical computational resources.
title Hybrid algorithm combining matched filtering and convolutional neural networks for searching gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12399