At the intersection between machine learning and nuclear astrophysics: a cGAN framework for helium reaction modeling

23 Sept 2021, 18:35
25m
Oral report Section 5. Neutrino physics and astrophysics. Section 5. Neutrino physics and astrophysics

Speaker

Thomas Chen (Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering)

Description

While the field of nuclear astrophysics has recently been a burgeoning area of study and research, there is still a significant portion of information regarding the topic that is not known to science. In particular, while certain foundations of the subject area seem plausible, there is not currently any proof that helium fusion is a key component that drives nuclear astrophysics. In this work, we take an innovative approach by training generative adversarial networks (GANs), which are a machine learning-based algorithm, to model the progression of helium reactions. The cGAN architecture is utilized. We hope that this work will provide insights into the underpinnings of nuclear astrophysics by providing an automated environment for its study.

Primary author

Thomas Chen (Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering)

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