2022ApJ...938..157K -
Astrophys. J., 938, 157 (2022/October-3)
Deep Learning-based Search for Microlensing Signature from Binary Black Hole Events in GWTC-1 and -2.
KIM K., LEE J., HANNUKSELA O.A. and LI T.G.F.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the result of the first deep learning-based search for the signature of microlensing in gravitational waves. This search seeks the signature induced by lenses with masses between 103 and 105M⊙ from spectrograms of the binary black hole events in the first and second gravitational-wave transient catalogs. We use a deep learning model trained with spectrograms of simulated noisy gravitational-wave signals to classify the events into two classes, lensed or unlensed. We introduce ensemble learning and a majority voting-based consistency test for the predictions of ensemble learners. The classification scheme of this search primarily classifies one event, GW190707_093326, into the lensed class. To verify the primary classification of this event, we also examine the median probability of the lensed class and observe that the resulting value, ${0.984}_{-0.342}^{+0.012}$, agrees with an empirical criterion >0.6 for claiming the detection of a lensed signal. However, the uncertainty of the estimated p-value for the median probability and error, ranging from 0 to 0.1, convinces us GW190707_093326 is less likely a lensed event because it includes p ≥ 0.05 where the unlensed hypothesis is true. Therefore, we conclude our search finds no significant evidence of microlensing signature from the evaluated binary black hole events.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Gravitational waves - Astronomy data analysis - Convolutional neural networks - Gravitational wave astronomy - Gravitational microlensing
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