Bayesian Simulation-based Inference for Cosmological Initial Conditions

Autor(en)
Florian List, Noemi Anau Montel, Christoph Weniger
Abstrakt

Reconstructing astrophysical and cosmological fields from observations is challenging. It requires accounting for non-linear transformations, mixing of spatial structure, and noise. In contrast, forward simulators that map fields to observations are readily available for many applications. We present a versatile Bayesian field reconstruction algorithm rooted in simulation-based inference and enhanced by autoregressive modeling. The proposed technique is applicable to generic (non-differentiable) forward simulators and allows sampling from the posterior for the underlying field. We show first promising results on a proof-of-concept application: the recovery of cosmological initial conditions from late-time density fields.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Journal
Advances in neural information processing systems : ... proceedings of the ... conference
Anzahl der Seiten
9
ISSN
1049-5258
Publikationsdatum
10-2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103004 Astrophysik, 103003 Astronomie, 102019 Machine Learning
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/a7abab01-915c-4b32-a35f-94be94133ac8