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Teaching Neural Networks to Generate Fast Sunyaev–Zel’dovich Maps

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Thiele, Leander, Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco, Spergel, David N., Nelson, Dylan, Pillepich, Annalisa·2020·The Astrophysical Journal

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The thermal Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (tSZ) and the kinematic Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (kSZ) effects trace the distribution of electron pressure and momentum in the hot universe. These observables depend on rich multiscale physics, thus, simulated maps should ideally be based on calculations that capture baryonic feedback effects such as cooling, star formation, and other complex processes. In this paper, we train deep convolutional neural networks with a U-Net architecture to map from the three-dimensional distribution of dark matter to electron density, momentum, and pressure at ∼100 kpc resolution. These networks are trained on a combination of the TNG300 volume and a set of cluster zoom-in simulations from the IllustrisTNG project. The neural nets are able to reproduce the power spectrum, one-point probability distribution function, bispectrum, and cross-correlation coefficients of the simulations more accurately than the state-of-the-art semianalytical models. Our approach offers a route to capture the richness of a full cosmological hydrodynamical simulation of galaxy formation with the speed of an analytical calculation.

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  • Thiele et al. (2020) reported two significant challenges in learning the 3D mapping: sparsity of interesting voxels and high dynamic range of fields.

    “This work reports two significant challenges in learning this mapping in 3D, one being the sparsity of interesting voxels (as in 3D most of the voxels are in empty regions), and the other being the high dynamic range of the fields to model.”

    From The Dawes Review 10: The impact of deep learning for the analysis of galaxy surveys (2023) · cites this paper as Thiele et al. (2020)

  • Thiele et al. (2020) reported better agreement with reference simulations compared to semi-analytical models.

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Authors
Thiele, L., Villaescusa-Navarro, F., Spergel, D. N., Nelson, D., & Pillepich, A.
Affiliations
  • Princeton University (US)
  • Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (DE)
  • Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (DE)
Venue
The Astrophysical Journal
Published
2020-10-01
Volume
902
Issue
2
Pages
129
ISSN
  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
OpenAlex
W3042722321
Cited by
16
References
93
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3
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1.56
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journal article
Language
en
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  • The Astrophysical Journal (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Keywords
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, convolutional neural networks, U-Net, electron pressure, galaxy clusters, IllustrisTNG, baryonic feedback, semi-analytical model, cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, galaxy formation

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