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Accurate initial data for Cauchy-characteristic evolution
Guido Da Re, Keefe Mitman, Leo C. Stein +7
Accurate gravitational-wave (GW) templates from numerical-relativity (NR) simulations are essential for GW science. These templates are typically computed at finite radii and extra…
Calculating gravitational waves at infinity: the missing link
Guido Da Re, Keefe Mitman, Leo C. Stein +7
Gravitational-wave science requires waveform templates to be computed at future null infinity, the asymptotic boundary of spacetime. Numerical solutions of Einstein's equations typ…
How accurate is Spectral Einstein Code (SpEC)? And what limits its accuracy?
Himanshu Chaudhary, Mark A. Scheel, Robert Owen +4
The improved sensitivity of upcoming gravitational-wave detectors will require correspondingly more accurate binary black hole (BBH) simulations. Given the high cost of such simula…
Finding black hole spins efficiently during a numerical binary evolution
Himanshu Chaudhary, Rob Owen, Mark A. Scheel +1
The dynamics of a binary black hole system depend on its masses and spins. For a binary at finite separation, it is not possible to define these quantities in an unambiguous way; h…
Data-Driven Acceleration of Eccentricity Reduction for Binary Black Hole Simulations
Vittoria Tommasini, Nils L. Vu, Mark A. Scheel +1
Reducing orbital eccentricity in numerical relativity simulations of binary black holes is essential for producing astrophysically relevant gravitational wave models, as many of th…
Characteristic Decomposition for Relativistic Numerical Simulations: II. Magnetohydrodynamics
Saul A. Teukolsky
The characteristic decomposition for GRMHD in the comoving frame of the fluid has been known for a long time. However, it has not been known in the coordinate frame of the simulati…
Characteristic Decomposition for Relativistic Numerical Simulations: I. Hydrodynamics
Saul A. Teukolsky
The characteristic decomposition for GRMHD is not known in a form useful for current numerical simulations. This prevents us from using the most accurate known computational method…
Gauge Boundary conditions to mitigate center-of-mass drift in BBH simulations
Dongze Sun, Sizheng Ma, Mark A. Scheel +1
Long-term numerical relativity (NR) simulations of binary black hole (BBH) systems in the Spectral Einstein Code (SpEC) code exhibit an unexpected exponential drift of the center-o…
Error quantification and comparison of binary neutron star gravitational waveforms from numerical relativity codes
Sarah Habib, Elias R. Most, Nils Deppe +11
Future gravitational wave detections of merging binary neutron star systems have the possibility to tightly constrain the equation of state of dense nuclear matter. In order to ext…
Horizon tracking for asynchronous parallel black hole simulations
Kyle C. Nelli, William Throwe, Nils Deppe +4
In the field of gravitational wave science, next-generation detectors will be substantially more accurate than the current suite of detectors. Numerical relativity simulations of b…
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…
Modeling the BMS transformation induced by a binary black hole merger
Guido Da Re, Keefe Mitman, Leo C. Stein +12
Understanding the characteristics of the remnant black hole formed in a binary black hole merger is crucial for conducting gravitational wave astronomy. Typically, models of remnan…
Probing the ringdown perturbation in binary black hole coalescences with an improved quasi-normal mode extraction algorithm
Keefe Mitman, Isabella Pretto, Harrison Siegel +9
Using gravitational waves to probe the geometry of the ringing remnant black hole formed in a binary black hole coalescence is a well-established way to test Einstein's theory of g…
Overtones and Nonlinearities in Binary Black Hole Ringdowns
Matthew Giesler, Sizheng Ma, Keefe Mitman +11
Using high-accuracy numerical relativity waveforms, we confirm the presence of numerous overtones of the , quasinormal mode early in the ringdown of binary black hole…
Eccentricity Reduction for Quasicircular Binary Evolutions
Sarah Habib, Mark Scheel, Saul Teukolsky
Simulation of quasicircular compact binaries is a major goal in numerical relativity, as they are expected to constitute most gravitational wave observations. However, given that o…
Simulating binary black hole mergers using discontinuous Galerkin methods
Geoffrey Lovelace, Kyle C. Nelli, Nils Deppe +28
Binary black holes are the most abundant source of gravitational-wave observations. Gravitational-wave observatories in the next decade will require tremendous increases in the acc…
Automated determination of the end time of junk radiation in binary black hole simulations
Isabella G. Pretto, Mark A. Scheel, Saul A. Teukolsky
When numerically solving Einstein's equations for the evolution of binary black holes, physical imperfections in the initial data manifest as a transient, high-frequency pulse of '…
Binary neutron star mergers using a discontinuous Galerkin-finite difference hybrid method
Nils Deppe, Francois Foucart, Marceline S. Bonilla +18
We present a discontinuous Galerkin-finite difference hybrid scheme that allows high-order shock capturing with the discontinuous Galerkin method for general relativistic magnetohy…
Improved frequency spectra of gravitational waves with memory in a binary-black-hole simulation
Yitian Chen, Michael Boyle, Nils Deppe +9
Numerical relativists can now produce gravitational waveforms with memory effects routinely and accurately. The gravitational-wave memory effect contains very low-frequency compone…
A Review of Gravitational Memory and BMS Frame Fixing in Numerical Relativity
Keefe Mitman, Michael Boyle, Leo C. Stein +8
Gravitational memory effects and the BMS freedoms exhibited at future null infinity have recently been resolved and utilized in numerical relativity simulations. With this, gravita…
Optimizing post-Newtonian parameters and fixing the BMS frame for numerical-relativity waveform hybridizations
Dongze Sun, Michael Boyle, Keefe Mitman +4
Numerical relativity (NR) simulations of binary black holes provide precise waveforms, but are typically too computationally expensive to produce waveforms with enough orbits to co…
Black Hole Spectroscopy for Precessing Binary Black Hole Coalescences
Hengrui Zhu, Harrison Siegel, Keefe Mitman +14
The spectroscopic study of black hole quasinormal modes in gravitational-wave ringdown observations is hindered by our ignorance of which modes should dominate astrophysical signal…
Numerical relativity surrogate model with memory effects and post-Newtonian hybridization
Jooheon Yoo, Keefe Mitman, Vijay Varma +12
Numerical relativity simulations provide the most precise templates for the gravitational waves produced by binary black hole mergers. However, many of these simulations use an inc…
Multipole moments on the common horizon in a binary-black-hole simulation
Yitian Chen, Prayush Kumar, Neev Khera +8
We construct the covariantly defined multipole moments on the common horizon of an equal-mass, non-spinning, quasicircular binary-black-hole system. We see a strong correlation bet…