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20162026
most citedThe SXS Collaboration catalog of binary black hole simulations

451 citations · 1.7k across the 60 of their papers we have counts for

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62 papers

gr-qc2026

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…

gr-qc2026

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…

gr-qc2026

NRSur7dq4v2: A multi-domain precessing surrogate model with improved accuracy

Abhishek Ravishankar, Vijay Varma, Scott E. Field +5

Numerical relativity simulations provide the most accurate waveforms for binary black hole coalescences, but are prohibitively expensive for direct use in gravitational-wave data a…

gr-qc2026

High-accuracy drivers to simulate black hole binaries beyond general relativity with the fixing-the-equations approach

Guillermo Lara, Harald P. Pfeiffer, Nils Deppe +9

We implement the "fixing-the-equations" approach [Phys.Rev.D 96 (2017) 8, 084043] in spectre, an NR code using a pseudo-spectral discontinuous Galerkin scheme, to produce long and…

gr-qc2026

Towards long and accurate numerical relativity waveforms of binary black holes beyond general relativity

Guillermo Lara, Harald P. Pfeiffer, Nils Deppe +9

Numerical relativity (NR) simulations of compact binaries in theories beyond general relativity (GR) will be pivotal for the continued development of future tests of gravity with g…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 2 cited

Eccentricity as a signature of hierarchical subsolar-mass mergers in collapsar disks

Jiaxi Wu, Elias R. Most, Nils L. Vu +4

In this work, we investigate gravitational-wave signatures of a proposed subsolar-mass merger scenario resulting from fragmentation inside a collapsar accretion disk. This scenario…

gr-qc2026

Merger remnant and eccentricity dynamics surrogates for eccentric nonspinning black hole binaries

Adhrit Ravichandran, Peter James Nee, Keefe Mitman +22

Accurate models of merger remnants are increasingly important for gravitational-wave science, including precision tests of gravity with ringdown, inference of black-hole population…

gr-qc2025

Learning Post-Newtonian Corrections from Numerical Relativity

Jooheon Yoo, Michael Boyle, Nils Deppe

Accurate modeling of gravitational waveforms from compact binary coalescences remains central to gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy. Post-Newtonian (PN) approximations capture the e…

gr-qc2025

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…

gr-qc2025

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…

gr-qc2025★ 53 cited

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…

gr-qc2025

Signatures from metastable oppositely-charged black hole binaries in scalar Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Guillermo Lara, Maxence Corman, Peter James Nee +14

We conduct numerical simulations of inspiraling, oppositely-charged black holes in the class of scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theories that exhibit spontaneous black hole scalarization. For…

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

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…

gr-qc2025

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…

gr-qc2025★ 3 cited

Signatures of Quantum Gravity in Gravitational Wave Memory

Nils Deppe, Lavinia Heisenberg, Lawrence E. Kidder +6

We study the impact of quantum corrections to gravitational waveforms on the gravitational wave memory effect. In certain quantum gravity theories and semi-classical frameworks, bl…

gr-qc2025★ 8 cited

Robustness of extracting quasinormal mode information from black hole merger simulations

Leda Gao, Gregory B. Cook, Lawrence E. Kidder +8

In linear perturbation theory, the ringdown of a gravitational wave (GW) signal is described by a linear combination of quasinormal modes (QNMs). Detecting QNMs from GW signals is…

gr-qc2025★ 6 cited

Length dependence of waveform mismatch: a caveat on waveform accuracy

Keefe Mitman, Leo C. Stein, Michael Boyle +4

The Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Collaboration's code SpEC can now routinely simulate binary black hole mergers undergoing orbits, with the longest simulations undergoing…

gr-qc2024★ 14 cited

Late-time tails in nonlinear evolutions of merging black holes

Marina De Amicis, Hannes Rüter, Gregorio Carullo +17

We uncover late-time gravitational-wave tails in fully nonlinear 3+1 dimensional numerical relativity simulations of merging black holes, using the highly accurate SpEC code. We ac…

gr-qc2024★ 14 cited

Merging black holes with Cauchy-characteristic matching: Computation of late-time tails

Sizheng Ma, Mark A. Scheel, Jordan Moxon +5

Cauchy-characteristic matching (CCM) is a numerical-relativity technique that solves Einstein's equations on an effectively infinite computational domain, thereby eliminating syste…

gr-qc2024★ 34 cited

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…

gr-qc2024★ 7 cited

Echoes from beyond: Detecting gravitational-wave quantum imprints with LISA

Nils Deppe, Lavinia Heisenberg, Henri Inchauspé +7

We assess the prospects for detecting gravitational wave echoes arising due to the quantum nature of black hole horizons with LISA. In a recent proposal, Bekenstein's black hole ar…

gr-qc2024★ 3 cited

Relieving scale disparity in binary black hole simulations

Nikolas A. Wittek, Leor Barack, Harald P. Pfeiffer +7

Worldtube excision is a method of reducing computational burden in Numerical Relativity simulations of binary black holes in situations where there is a good analytical model of th…

gr-qc2024★ 10 cited

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…

gr-qc2024★ 7 cited

Einstein-Klein-Gordon system via Cauchy-characteristic evolution: Computation of memory and ringdown tail

Sizheng Ma, Kyle C. Nelli, Jordan Moxon +5

Cauchy-characteristic evolution (CCE) is a powerful method for accurately extracting gravitational waves at future null infinity. In this work, we extend the previously implemented…