Auto-encoder model for faster generation of effective one-body gravitational waveform approximations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.12642v1
• Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:18:37 GMT
• Title: Auto-encoder model for faster generation of effective one-body gravitational waveform approximations
• Authors: Suyog Garg, Feng-Li Lin, Kipp Cannon,
• Abstract summary: We present a conditional variational auto-encoder model for faster generation of aligned-spin SEOBNRv4 inspiral-ring-down waveforms.<n>Our model is able to generate 100 waveforms in 0.1 second at an average speed of 4.46 ms per waveform.<n>This is 2-3 orders of magnitude faster than the native SEOBNRv4 implementation in lalsimulation.
• Score: 0.8602553195689513
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Upgrades to current gravitational wave detectors for the next observation run and upcoming third-generation observatories, like the Einstein telescope, are expected to have enormous improvements in detection sensitivities and compact object merger event rates. Estimation of source parameters for a wider parameter space that these detectable signals will lie in, will be a computational challenge. Thus, it is imperative to have methods to speed-up the likelihood calculations with theoretical waveform predictions, which can ultimately make the parameter estimation faster and aid in rapid multi-messenger follow-ups. Towards this end, we present a conditional variational auto-encoder model, based on the best performing architecture of Liao+2021, for faster generation of aligned-spin SEOBNRv4 inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms. Our parameter space consists of four parameters, [$m_1$, $m_2$, $χ_1(z)$, $χ_2(z)$]. The masses are uniformly sampled in $[5,75]\,M_{\odot}$ with a mass ratio limit at $10\,M_{\odot}$, while the spins are uniform in $[-0.99,0.99]$. We train the model using $\sim10^5$ input waveforms data with a 70\%/10\% train/validation split, while 20\% data are reserved for testing. The median mismatch for the generated waveforms in the test dataset is $\sim10^{-2}$, with better performance in a restricted parameter space of $χ_{\rm eff}\in[-0.80,0.80]$. Our model is able to generate 100 waveforms in 0.1 second at an average speed of about 4.46 ms per waveform. This is 2-3 orders of magnitude faster than the native SEOBNRv4 implementation in lalsimulation. The latent sampling uncertainty of our model can be quantified with a mean mismatch deviation of $2\times10^{-1}$ for 1000 generations of the same waveform. Our work aims to be the first step towards developing a production-ready machine learning framework for the faster generation of gravitational waveform approximations.

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