Opening the Black Box: What Neural Networks Learn from Pulsar Timing Array Data
James Alvey, Andrea Mitridate, Mauro Pieroni, Joseph D. Romano
Abstract
In recent years, simulation-based inference (SBI) methods have been proposed to address several data-analysis challenges faced by existing and planned gravitational-wave experiments. For example, SBI classification has recently been shown to significantly improve the prospects for detecting anisotropies in pulsar timing array (PTA) data. In this work, we use a simple toy model of a PTA to provide a more pedagogical explanation of how, and under which circumstances, SBI-based detection can improve on classical detection statistics for gravitational-wave background anisotropies.
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