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The SXS Collaboration's third catalog of binary black hole simulations
Mark A. Scheel, Michael Boyle, Keefe Mitman +56
We present a major update to the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration's catalog of binary black hole simulations. Using highly efficient spectral methods implemented i…
Formulation Improvements for Critical Collapse Simulations
Daniela Cors, Sarah Renkhoff, Hannes R. Rüter +2
The precise tuning required to observe critical phenomena in gravitational collapse poses a challenge for most numerical codes. First, threshold estimation searches may be obstruct…
pySEOBNR: a software package for the next generation of effective-one-body multipolar waveform models
Deyan P. Mihaylov, Serguei Ossokine, Alessandra Buonanno +4
We present pySEOBNR, a Python package for gravitational-wave (GW) modeling developed within the effective-one-body (EOB) formalism. The package contains an extensive framework to g…
Theoretical groundwork supporting the precessing-spin two-body dynamics of the effective-one-body waveform models SEOBNRv5
Mohammed Khalil, Alessandra Buonanno, Héctor Estellés +4
Waveform models are essential for gravitational-wave (GW) detection and parameter estimation of coalescing compact-object binaries. More accurate models are required for the increa…
SEOBNRv5PHM: Next generation of accurate and efficient multipolar precessing-spin effective-one-body waveforms for binary black holes
Antoni Ramos-Buades, Alessandra Buonanno, Héctor Estellés +5
Spin precession is one of the key physical effects that could unveil the origin of the compact binaries detected by ground- and space-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, and s…
Laying the foundation of the effective-one-body waveform models SEOBNRv5: improved accuracy and efficiency for spinning non-precessing binary black holes
Lorenzo Pompili, Alessandra Buonanno, Héctor Estellés +21
We present SEOBNRv5HM, a more accurate and faster inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveform model for quasi-circular, spinning, nonprecessing binary black holes within the ef…
Enhancing the SEOBNRv5 effective-one-body waveform model with second-order gravitational self-force fluxes
Maarten van de Meent, Alessandra Buonanno, Deyan P. Mihaylov +7
We leverage recent breakthrough calculations using second-order gravitational self-force (2GSF) theory to improve both the gravitational-mode amplitudes and radiation-reaction forc…
A fully precessing higher-mode surrogate model of effective-one-body waveforms
Bhooshan Gadre, Michael Pürrer, Scott E. Field +2
We present a surrogate model of \texttt{SEOBNRv4PHM}, a fully precessing time-domain effective-one-body waveform model including subdominant modes. We follow an approach similar to…
General-relativistic precession in a black-hole binary
Mark Hannam, Charlie Hoy, Jonathan E. Thompson +24
The general-relativistic phenomenon of spin-induced orbital precession has not yet been observed in strong-field gravity. Gravitational-wave observations of binary black holes (BBH…
Effective-one-body multipolar waveforms for eccentric binary black holes with non-precessing spins
Antoni Ramos-Buades, Alessandra Buonanno, Mohammed Khalil +1
We construct an inspiral-merger-ringdown eccentric gravitational-wave (GW) model for binary black holes with non-precessing spins within the effective-one-body formalism. This wave…
A detailed analysis of GW190521 with phenomenological waveform models
Héctor Estellés, Sascha Husa, Marta Colleoni +8
In this paper we present an extensive analysis of the GW190521 gravitational wave event with the current (fourth) generation of phenomenological waveform models for binary black ho…
Fast post-adiabatic waveforms in the time domain: Applications to compact binary coalescences in LIGO and Virgo
Deyan P. Mihaylov, Serguei Ossokine, Alessandra Buonanno +1
We present a computationally efficient (time-domain) multipolar waveform model for quasi-circular spin-aligned compact binary coalescences. The model combines the advantages of the…
Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with BILBY: Validation and application to the first LIGO--Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue
I. M. Romero-Shaw, C. Talbot, S. Biscoveanu +56
Gravitational waves provide a unique tool for observational astronomy. While the first LIGO--Virgo catalogue of gravitational-wave transients (GWTC-1) contains eleven signals from…
Multipolar Effective-One-Body Waveforms for Precessing Binary Black Holes: Construction and Validation
Serguei Ossokine, Alessandra Buonanno, Sylvain Marsat +12
As gravitational-wave detectors become more sensitive, we will access a greater variety of signals emitted by compact binary systems, shedding light on their astrophysical origin a…
All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1186
We present the results of a search for short-duration gravitational-wave transients in the data from the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. We search for gra…
The SXS Collaboration catalog of binary black hole simulations
Michael Boyle, Daniel Hemberger, Dante A. B. Iozzo +37
Accurate models of gravitational waves from merging black holes are necessary for detectors to observe as many events as possible while extracting the maximum science. Near the tim…
On the properties of the massive binary black hole merger GW170729
Katerina Chatziioannou, Roberto Cotesta, Sudarshan Ghonge +53
We present a detailed investigation into the properties of GW170729, the gravitational wave with the most massive and distant source confirmed to date. We employ an extensive set o…
All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1130
We present results of an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves (CWs), which can be produced by fast-spinning neutron stars with an asymmetry around their rotation axis,…
Gravitational waveforms for high spin and high mass-ratio binary black holes: A synergistic use of numerical-relativity codes
Ian Hinder, Serguei Ossokine, Harald P. Pfeiffer +1
Observation and characterisation of gravitational waves from binary black holes requires accurate knowledge of the expected waveforms. The late inspiral and merger phase of the wav…
Full 3D Numerical Relativity Simulations of Neutron Star -- Boson Star Collisions with BAM
Tim Dietrich, Serguei Ossokine, Katy Clough
With the first direct detections of gravitational waves (GWs) from the coalescence of compact binaries observed by the advanced LIGO and VIRGO interferometers, the era of GW astron…
Enriching the Symphony of Gravitational Waves from Binary Black Holes by Tuning Higher Harmonics
Roberto Cotesta, Alessandra Buonanno, Alejandro Bohé +3
For the first time, we construct an inspiral-merger-ringdown waveform model within the effective-one-body formalism for spinning, nonprecessing binary black holes that includes gra…
Assessing the Energetics of Spinning Binary Black Hole Systems
Serguei Ossokine, Tim Dietrich, Evan Foley +2
In this work we study the dynamics of spinning binary black hole systems in the strong field regime. For this purpose we extract from numerical relativity simulations the binding e…
A Parameter Estimation Method that Directly Compares Gravitational Wave Observations to Numerical Relativity
Jacob Lange, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Michael Boyle +23
We present and assess a Bayesian method to interpret gravitational wave signals from binary black holes. Our method directly compares gravitational wave data to numerical relativit…
Distinguishing Boson Stars from Black Holes and Neutron Stars from Tidal Interactions in Inspiraling Binary Systems
Noah Sennett, Tanja Hinderer, Jan Steinhoff +2
Binary systems containing boson stars---self-gravitating configurations of a complex scalar field--- can potentially mimic black holes or neutron stars as gravitational-wave source…