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Computing Nonlinear Power Spectra Across Dynamical Dark Energy Model Space with Neural ODEs

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-08-25 v2

Abstract

I show how to compute the nonlinear power spectrum across the entire w(z)w(z) dynamical dark energy model space. Using synthetic Λ\LambdaCDM data, I train a neural ordinary differential equation (ODE) to infer the evolution of the nonlinear matter power spectrum as a function of the background expansion and mean matter density across \sim9 Gyr9 {\rm \ Gyr} of cosmic evolution. After training, the model generalises to {\it any} dynamical dark energy model parameterised by w(z)w(z). With little optimisation, the neural ODE is accurate to within 4%4\% up to k = 5 hMpc15 \ h {\rm Mpc}^{-1}. Unlike simulation rescaling methods, neural ODEs naturally extend to summary statistics beyond the power spectrum that are sensitive to the growth history.

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@article{arxiv.2506.09128,
  title  = {Computing Nonlinear Power Spectra Across Dynamical Dark Energy Model Space with Neural ODEs},
  author = {Peter L. Taylor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.09128},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics. 6 pages, 4 figures

R2 v1 2026-07-01T03:09:44.680Z