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20242026
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13 papers

gr-qc2026

A Strong Cosmologically Coupled Mass Growth Solution in Linearized General Relativity

Kevin S. Croker, Joshua Cohon, Viktor T. Toth +13

DESI Data Release 2 has heightened interest in cosmologically coupled black holes (CCBHs) as an explanation for accelerating late-time expansion, but known models for CCBHs grow to…

hep-ph2026

Future of Artificial Intelligence for Science in Japan 2024 Community Report

Yoshitaka Itow, Jia Liu, Hirokazu Maesaka +16

This white paper summarizes scientific challenges and AI/ML research opportunities identified through the FAIRS Japan 2024 unconference process. The discussion focuses on three maj…

cs.CL2026

AI's Capability in Assisting Scientific Research in Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology II: Project Planning and Proposal Evaluation

Jia Liu, Veena Krishnaraj, Kateryna Vovk +18

We investigate how well large language models (LLMs) can assist scientific project planning and proposal evaluation. One-page project plans were independently generated for eight e…

astro-ph.CO2026

Cluster Mass Inference from Galaxy Kinematics

Bonny Y. Wang, Leander Thiele, Matthew Ho

The masses of galaxy clusters carry cosmological and astrophysical information. We develop a simulation-based inference pipeline to infer cluster masses from full projected phase-s…

astro-ph.CO2026

Machine Learning Techniques for Astrophysics and Cosmology: Simulation-Based Inference

Leander Thiele

Simulation-based inference (SBI) enables parameter inference by training neural networks on forward simulations. It is being applied both for intractable likelihoods as well as und…

cs.LG2026

LLMs with in-context learning for Algorithmic Theoretical Physics

Anamaria Hell, Leander Thiele

There is an increasing number of algorithmic computations in theoretical physics. These, while conceptually simple, can nevertheless be time-consuming and contain subtleties that s…

astro-ph.CO2026

Bayesian Cosmic Void Finding with Graph Flows

Leander Thiele

Cosmic voids contain higher-order cosmological information and are of interest for astroparticle physics. Finding genuine matter underdensities in sparse galaxy surveys is, however…

astro-ph.CO2026

Replicating weak-lensing summary-statistic covariances with normalizing flows

Joaquin Armijo, Leander Thiele, Jia Liu

We explore the ability of normalizing flow (NF) generative models to reproduce weak-lensing summary statistics when trained on a set of cosmological simulations. Our analysis focus…

astro-ph.CO2025

Reconstructing the local density field with combined convolutional and point cloud architecture

Baptiste Barthe-Gold, Nhat-Minh Nguyen, Leander Thiele

We construct a neural network to perform regression on the local dark-matter density field given line-of-sight peculiar velocities of dark-matter halos, biased tracers of the dark…

astro-ph.CO2025

Impact of Simulation Box Size for Weak Lensing: Replication and Super-Sample Effects

Akira Tokiwa, Adrian E. Bayer, Joaquin Armijo +6

We quantify the bias caused by small simulation box size on weak lensing observables and covariances, considering both replication and super-sample effects for a range of higher-or…

cs.LG2025

Set-based Implicit Likelihood Inference of Galaxy Cluster Mass

Bonny Y. Wang, Leander Thiele

We present a set-based machine learning framework that infers posterior distributions of galaxy cluster masses from projected galaxy dynamics. Our model combines Deep Sets and cond…

astro-ph.CO2025

Simulation-Efficient Cosmological Inference with Multi-Fidelity SBI

Leander Thiele, Adrian E. Bayer, Naoya Takeishi

The simulation cost for cosmological simulation-based inference can be decreased by combining simulation sets of varying fidelity. We propose an approach to such multi-fidelity inf…

astro-ph.CO2024

De-baryonifying halos via optimal transport

Leander Thiele

Baryonic feedback uncertainty is a limiting systematic for next-generation weak gravitational lensing analyses. At the same time, high-resolution weak lensing maps are best analyze…