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Friday·December 25, 2020

6 papers—3 primary·3 cross-listed

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  1. 04

    [Submitted on 24 Dec 2020] (cross-list from astro-ph.IM)

    Detection and Parameter Estimation of Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron-Star Mergers in Real LIGO Data using Deep Learning

    Plamen G. Krastev · Kiranjyot Gill · V. Ashley Villar · Edo Berger

    One of the key challenges of real-time detection and parameter estimation of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers is the computational cost of conventional matched-filtering and Bayesian inference approaches. In particular, the application of these methods to the full signal parameter space available to the gravitational-wave detectors, and/or real-time parameter estimation is computationally prohibitive. On the other hand, rapid detection and inference are critical for prompt follow-up of the electromagnetic and astro-particle counterparts accompanying important transients, such as binary neutron-star and black-hole neutron-star mergers. Training deep neural networks to identify specific signals and learn a computationally efficient representation of the mapping between gravitational-wave signals and their parameters allows both detection and inference to be done quickly and reliably, with high sensitivity and accuracy. In this work we apply a deep-learning approach to rapidly identify and characterize transient gravitational-wave signals from binary neutron-star mergers in real LIGO data. We show for the first time that artificial neural networks can promptly detect and characterize binary neutron star gravitational-wave signals in real LIGO data, and distinguish them from noise and signals from coalescing black-hole binaries. We illustrate this key result by demonstrating that our deep-learning framework classifies correctly all gravitational-wave events from the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog, GWTC-1 [Phys. Rev. X 9 (2019), 031040]. These results emphasize the importance of using realistic gravitational-wave detector data in machine learning approaches, and represent a step towards achieving real-time detection and inference of gravitational waves.

    Comments:
    10 pages, 8 figures, 1 table. Updated grant information. Published in Physics Letters B
    Subjects:
    Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    2012.13101 [pdf]
    PLB(2021)·65 citations
  2. 05

    [Submitted on 24 Dec 2020] (cross-list from hep-ph)

    Relativistic Coulomb S-factor of Two Spinor Particles with Arbitrary Masses

    Yu.D. Chernichenko🇧🇾 · L.P. Kaptari🇷🇺 · O. P. Solovtsova🇧🇾

    A new resummation of the -factor of a composite system of two relativistic spin-1/2 particles of arbitrary masses interacting via a Coulomb-like chromodynamical potential is presented. The analysis is performed in the framework of a relativistic quasipotential approach based on the Hamiltonian formulation of the covariant quantum field theory in the relativistic configuration representation. The pseudoscalar, vector, and pseudovector systems are considered and the behaviour of the -factor near the threshold and in the relativistic limit is investigated in detail. The spin dependence of the -factors is discussed as well. It is argued that at the threshold the contribution of spins significantly reduces the Sommerfeld effect, while at ultrarelativistic velocities their role diminishes and the -factor becomes basically the same as for the spinless systems. A connection between the new and previously obtained S-factors for spinless particles of arbitrary masses and for relativistic spinor particles of equal masses is established.

    Comments:
    23 pages, 5 figures
    Subjects:
    High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    2012.13128 [pdf]
    Eur.Phys.J.Plus(2021)·3 citations
  3. 06

    [Submitted on 24 Dec 2020] (cross-list from hep-lat)

    On-shell representations of two-body transition amplitudes: single external current

    Raúl A. Briceño🇺🇸 · Andrew W. Jackura🇺🇸 · Felipe G. Ortega-Gama🇺🇸 · Keegan H. Sherman🇺🇸

    This work explores scattering amplitudes that couple two-particle systems via a single external current insertion, . Such amplitudes can provide structural information about the excited QCD spectrum. We derive an exact analytic representation for these reactions. From these amplitudes, we show how to rigorously define resonance and bound-state form-factors. Furthermore, we explore the consequences of the narrow-width limit of the amplitudes as well as the role of the Ward-Takahashi identity for conserved vector currents. These results hold for any number of two-body channels with no intrinsic spin, and a current with arbitrary Lorentz structure and quantum numbers. This work and the existing finite-volume formalism provide a complete framework for determining this class of amplitudes from lattice QCD.

    Comments:
    35 pages, 13 figures
    Subjects:
    High Energy Physics — Lattice (hep-lat); High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    2012.13338 [pdf]
    PRD(2021)·32 citations

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