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gr-qc2015★ 83 cited

On the accuracy and precision of numerical waveforms: Effect of waveform extraction methodology

Tony Chu, Heather Fong, Prayush Kumar +6

We present a new set of 95 numerical relativity simulations of non-precessing binary black holes (BBHs). The simulations sample comprehensively both black-hole spins up to spin mag…

gr-qc2015★ 492 cited

Science with the space-based interferometer eLISA. I: Supermassive black hole binaries

Antoine Klein, Enrico Barausse, Alberto Sesana +8

We compare the science capabilities of different eLISA mission designs, including four-link (two-arm) and six-link (three-arm) configurations with different arm lengths, low-freque…

gr-qc2015★ 39 cited

Formulation of discontinuous Galerkin methods for relativistic astrophysics

Saul A. Teukolsky

The DG algorithm is a powerful method for solving pdes, especially for evolution equations in conservation form. Since the algorithm involves integration over volume elements, it i…

gr-qc2015★ 133 cited

Challenging the Presence of Scalar Charge and Dipolar Radiation in Binary Pulsars

Kent Yagi, Leo C. Stein, Nicolas Yunes

Corrections to general relativity that introduce long-ranged scalar fields which are non-minimally coupled to curvature typically predict that neutron stars possess a non-trivial s…

gr-qc2015★ 31 cited

Gravitational waveforms for neutron star binaries from binary black hole simulations

Kevin Barkett, Mark A. Scheel, Roland Haas +9

Gravitational waves from binary neutron star (BNS) and black hole/neutron star (BHNS) inspirals are primary sources for detection by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational…

gr-qc2015★ 123 cited

Transformations of asymptotic gravitational-wave data

Michael Boyle

Gravitational-wave data is gauge dependent. While we can restrict the class of gauges in which such data may be expressed, there will still be an infinite-dimensional group of tran…

gr-qc2015★ 56 cited

Binary Neutron Stars with Arbitrary Spins in Numerical Relativity

Nick Tacik, Francois Foucart, Harald P. Pfeiffer +8

We present a code to construct initial data for binary neutron star systems in which the stars are rotating. Our code, based on a formalism developed by Tichy, allows for arbitrary…

gr-qc2015★ 46 cited

Improvements to the construction of binary black hole initial data

Serguei Ossokine, Francois Foucart, Harald P. Pfeiffer +2

Construction of binary black hole initial data is a prerequisite for numerical evolutions of binary black holes. This paper reports improvements to the binary black hole initial da…

gr-qc2015★ 27 cited

Octupolar invariants for compact binaries on quasi-circular orbits

Patrick Nolan, Chris Kavanagh, Sam R Dolan +3

We extend the gravitational self-force methodology to identify and compute new tidal invariants for a compact body of mass on a quasi-circular orbit about a black hole o…

gr-qc2015★ 55 cited

Applying the effective-source approach to frequency-domain self-force calculations: Lorenz-gauge gravitational perturbations

Barry Wardell, Niels Warburton

With a view to developing a formalism that will be applicable at second perturbative order, we devise a new practical scheme for computing the gravitational self-force experienced…

gr-qc2015★ 8 cited

Static Self-Forces in a Five-Dimensional Black Hole Spacetime

Peter Taylor, Éanna É. Flanagan

We obtain the electric field and scalar field for a static point charge in closed form in the 5D Schwarzschild-Tangherlini black hole spacetime. We then compute the static self-for…

gr-qc2015★ 15 cited

Is motion under the conservative self-force in black hole spacetimes an integrable Hamiltonian system?

Justin Vines, Éanna É. Flanagan

A point-like object moving in a background black hole spacetime experiences a gravitational self-force which can be expressed as a local function of the object's instantaneous posi…

gr-qc2015★ 89 cited

Analytical high-order post-Newtonian expansions for extreme mass ratio binaries

Chris Kavanagh, Adrian C. Ottewill, Barry Wardell

We present analytic computations of gauge invariant quantities for a point mass in a circular orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole, giving results up to 15.5 post-Newtonian orde…

gr-qc2015★ 99 cited

Numerical relativity reaching into post-Newtonian territory: a compact-object binary simulation spanning 350 gravitational-wave cycles

Bela Szilagyi, Jonathan Blackman, Alessandra Buonanno +6

We present the first numerical-relativity simulation of a compact-object binary whose gravitational waveform is long enough to cover the entire frequency band of advanced gravitati…

gr-qc2015★ 51 cited

Comparing Post-Newtonian and Numerical-Relativity Precession Dynamics

Serguei Ossokine, Michael Boyle, Lawrence E. Kidder +3

Binary black-hole systems are expected to be important sources of gravitational waves for upcoming gravitational-wave detectors. If the spins are not colinear with each other or wi…

gr-qc2015★ 206 cited

Fast and accurate prediction of numerical relativity waveforms from binary black hole coalescences using surrogate models

Jonathan Blackman, Scott E. Field, Chad R. Galley +4

Simulating a binary black hole (BBH) coalescence by solving Einstein's equations is computationally expensive, requiring days to months of supercomputing time. Using reduced order…

gr-qc2015★ 26 cited

Self-force: Computational Strategies

Barry Wardell

Building on substantial foundational progress in understanding the effect of a small body's self-field on its own motion, the past 15 years has seen the emergence of several strate…

gr-qc2015★ 1.5k cited

Testing General Relativity with Present and Future Astrophysical Observations

Emanuele Berti, Enrico Barausse, Vitor Cardoso +50

One century after its formulation, Einstein's general relativity has made remarkable predictions and turned out to be compatible with all experimental tests. Most of these tests pr…