Matched filtering for gravitational wave detection without template bank driven by deep learning template prediction model bank

TL;DR

This paper introduces a deep learning-based framework that replaces traditional template banks in gravitational wave detection, enabling faster, real-time analysis while maintaining physical interpretability and aiding in subsequent data processing tasks.

Contribution

The authors propose a novel deep learning model bank for GW detection that predicts latent templates, replacing traditional template banks and improving computational efficiency and interpretability.

Findings

Achieves real-time gravitational wave detection.

Predicts matched filtering SNR with physical interpretability.

Assists in parameter estimation and source localization.

Abstract

The existing matched filtering method for gravitational wave (GW) search relies on a template bank. The computational efficiency of this method scales with the size of the templates within the bank. Higher-order modes and eccentricity will play an important role when third-generation detectors operate in the future. In this case, traditional GW search methods will hit computational limits. To speed up the computational efficiency of GW search, we propose the utilization of a deep learning (DL) model bank as a substitute for the template bank. This model bank predicts the latent templates embedded in the strain data. Combining an envelope extraction network and an astrophysical origin discrimination network, we realize a novel GW search framework. The framework can predict the GW signal's matched filtering signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Unlike the end-to-end DL-based GW search method, our statistical SNR holds greater physical interpretability than the $p_{score}$ metric. Moreover, the intermediate results generated by our approach, including the predicted template, offer valuable assistance in subsequent GW data processing tasks such as parameter estimation and source localization. Compared to the traditional matched filtering method, the proposed method can realize real-time analysis. The minor improvements in the future, the proposed method may expand to other scopes of GW search, such as GW emitted by the supernova explosion.