您选择的条件: Wen-Hong Ruan
  • Rapid search for massive black hole binary coalescences using deep learning

    分类: 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: The coalescences of massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) are one of the main targets of space-based gravitational wave observatories. Such gravitational wave sources are expected to be accompanied by electromagnetic emission. Low latency time of gravitational wave searches and accurate sky localization are keys in triggering successful follow-up observations on the electromagnetic counterparts. Here we present a deep learning method for the first time to rapidly search for MBHB signals in the strain data. Our model is capable to process 1-year of data in just several seconds, identifying all MBHB coalescences with no false alarms. We test the performance of our model on the simulated data from the LISA data challenge. We demonstrate that the model shows a robust resistance for a wide range of generalization for MBHB signals. This method is supposed to be an effective approach, which combined the advances of artificial intelligence to open a new pathway for space-based gravitational wave observations.

  • Confusion noise from Galactic binaries for Taiji

    分类: 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Gravitational waves (GWs) from tens of millions of compact binaries in our Milky Way enter the milli-Hertz band of space-based detection. The majority of them cannot be resolved individually, resulting in a foreground confusion noise for Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). The concept of Taiji mission is similar to LISA's with slightly better sensitivity, which means that the galactic GW signals will also affect the detection with Taiji. Here we generate the GW signals from 29.8 million galactic binaries for Taiji and subtract the `resolvable' sources. The confusion noise is estimated and fitted in an analytic form with 6-month, 1-year, 2-year and 4-year observation time. We find that the full sensitivity curve is slightly lower for Taiji than for LISA at frequencies of $\leq 0.8$ mHz and around 2~mHz. For a 4-year lifetime, more than 29 thousand sources are resolvable with Taiji. Compared to LISA, Taiji can subtract $\sim 20 \%$ more sources and the distribution of them in our Milky Way is consistent with that of the resolvable sources with LISA. At frequencies around 2~mHz or with the chirp masses ranging from $0.2 M_\odot$ to $0.4 M_\odot$, more sources become resolvable with Taiji.

  • Hubble parameter estimation via dark sirens with the LISA-Taiji network

    分类: 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: The Hubble parameter is one of the central parameters in modern cosmology, which describes the present expansion rate of the universe. Their values inferred from the late-time observations are systematically higher than those from the early-time measurements by about $10\%$. To come to a robust conclusion, independent probes with accuracy at percent levels are crucial. Gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence events can be formulated into the standard siren approach to provide an independent Hubble parameter measurement. The future space-borne gravitational wave observatory network, such as the LISA-Taiji network, will be able to measure the gravitational wave signals in the Millihertz bands with unprecedented accuracy. By including several statistical and instrumental noises, we show that within 5 years operation time, the LISA-Taiji network is able to constrain the Hubble parameter within $1\%$ accuracy, and possibly beats the scatters down to $0.5\%$ or even better.

  • Confusion noise from Galactic binaries for Taiji

    分类: 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Gravitational waves (GWs) from tens of millions of compact binaries in our Milky Way enter the milli-Hertz band of space-based detection. The majority of them cannot be resolved individually, resulting in a foreground confusion noise for Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). The concept of Taiji mission is similar to LISA's with slightly better sensitivity, which means that the galactic GW signals will also affect the detection with Taiji. Here we generate the GW signals from 29.8 million galactic binaries for Taiji and subtract the `resolvable' sources. The confusion noise is estimated and fitted in an analytic form with 6-month, 1-year, 2-year and 4-year observation time. We find that the full sensitivity curve is slightly lower for Taiji than for LISA at frequencies of $\leq 0.8$ mHz and around 2~mHz. For a 4-year lifetime, more than 29 thousand sources are resolvable with Taiji. Compared to LISA, Taiji can subtract $\sim 20 \%$ more sources and the distribution of them in our Milky Way is consistent with that of the resolvable sources with LISA. At frequencies around 2~mHz or with the chirp masses ranging from $0.2 M_\odot$ to $0.4 M_\odot$, more sources become resolvable with Taiji.