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Fully data-driven time-delay interferometry with time-varying delays
Quentin Baghi, John G. Baker, Jacob Slutsky +1
Raw space-based gravitational-wave data like LISA's phase measurements are dominated by laser frequency noise. The standard technique to make this data usable for science is time-d…
Exploring the Bayesian parameter estimation of binary black holes with LISA
Sylvain Marsat, John G. Baker, Tito Dal Canton
The space-based gravitational wave detector LISA will observe mergers of massive black hole binary systems (MBHBs) to cosmological distances, as well as inspiralling stellar-origin…
Fourier-domain modulations and delays of gravitational-wave signals
Sylvain Marsat, John G. Baker
We present a Fourier-domain approach to modulations and delays of gravitational wave signals, a problem which arises in two different contexts. For space-based detectors like LISA,…
The Transient Gravitational-Wave Sky
Nils Andersson, John Baker, Kris Belczynski +44
Interferometric detectors will very soon give us an unprecedented view of the gravitational-wave sky, and in particular of the explosive and transient Universe. Now is the time to…
Testing General Relativity with Low-Frequency, Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Jonathan R. Gair, Michele Vallisneri, Shane L. Larson +1
We review the tests of general relativity that will become possible with space-based gravitational-wave detectors operating in the ~0.01mHz - 1Hz low-frequency band. The fundamenta…
Decoding mode-mixing in black-hole merger ringdown
Bernard J. Kelly, John G. Baker
Optimal extraction of information from gravitational-wave observations of binary black-hole coalescences requires detailed knowledge of the waveforms. Current approaches for repres…
Systematic biases in parameter estimation of binary black-hole mergers
Tyson B. Littenberg, John G. Baker, Alessandra Buonanno +1
Parameter estimation of binary-black-hole merger events in gravitational-wave data relies on matched-filtering techniques, which, in turn, depend on accurate model waveforms. Here…
Comparison of Atom Interferometers and Light Interferometers as Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors
John G. Baker, James Ira Thorpe
We consider a class of proposed gravitational wave detectors based on multiple atomic interferometers separated by large baselines and referenced by common laser systems. We comput…
Mergers of black-hole binaries with aligned spins: Waveform characteristics
Bernard J. Kelly, John G. Baker, William D. Boggs +2
We conduct a descriptive analysis of the multipolar structure of gravitational-radiation waveforms from equal-mass aligned-spin mergers, following an approach first presented in th…
Sky localization of complete inspiral-merger-ringdown signals for nonspinning massive black hole binaries
Sean T. McWilliams, Ryan N. Lang, John G. Baker +1
We investigate the capability of LISA to measure the sky position of equal-mass, nonspinning black hole binaries, combining for the first time the entire inspiral-merger-ringdown s…
Black-hole binaries, gravitational waves, and numerical relativity
Joan M. Centrella, John G. Baker, Bernard J. Kelly +1
Understanding the predictions of general relativity for the dynamical interactions of two black holes has been a long-standing unsolved problem in theoretical physics. Black-hole m…
The Final Merger of Black-Hole Binaries
Joan M. Centrella, John G. Baker, Bernard J. Kelly +1
Recent breakthroughs in the field of numerical relativity have led to dramatic progress in understanding the predictions of General Relativity for the dynamical interactions of two…
Improved Time-Domain Accuracy Standards for Model Gravitational Waveforms
Lee Lindblom, John G. Baker, Benjamin J. Owen
Model gravitational waveforms must be accurate enough to be useful for detection of signals and measurement of their parameters, so appropriate accuracy standards are needed. Yet t…
Observing mergers of non-spinning black-hole binaries
Sean T. McWilliams, Bernard J. Kelly, John G. Baker
Advances in the field of numerical relativity now make it possible to calculate the final, most powerful merger phase of binary black-hole coalescence for generic binaries. The sta…
Impact of mergers on LISA parameter estimation for nonspinning black hole binaries
Sean T. McWilliams, James Ira Thorpe, John G. Baker +1
We investigate the precision with which the parameters describing the characteristics and location of nonspinning black hole binaries can be measured with the Laser Interferometer…
Status of NINJA: the Numerical INJection Analysis project
Benjamin Aylott, John G. Baker, William D. Boggs +74
The 2008 NRDA conference introduced the Numerical INJection Analysis project (NINJA), a new collaborative effort between the numerical relativity community and the data analysis co…
Testing gravitational-wave searches with numerical relativity waveforms: Results from the first Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project
Benjamin Aylott, John G. Baker, William D. Boggs +74
The Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project is a collaborative effort between members of the numerical relativity and gravitational-wave data analysis communities. The purpose…
The Samurai Project: verifying the consistency of black-hole-binary waveforms for gravitational-wave detection
Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, John G. Baker +16
We quantify the consistency of numerical-relativity black-hole-binary waveforms for use in gravitational-wave (GW) searches with current and planned ground-based detectors. We comp…
The Mock LISA Data Challenges: from Challenge 1B to Challenge 3
Stanislav Babak, John G. Baker, Matthew J. Benacquista +27
The Mock LISA Data Challenges are a programme to demonstrate and encourage the development of LISA data-analysis capabilities, tools and techniques. At the time of this workshop, t…
Mergers of nonspinning black-hole binaries: Gravitational radiation characteristics
John G. Baker, William D. Boggs, Joan Centrella +3
We present a detailed descriptive analysis of the gravitational radiation from black-hole binary mergers of nonspinning black holes, based on numerical simulations of systems varyi…
Report on the second Mock LISA Data Challenge
Stanislav Babak, John G. Baker, Matthew J. Benacquista +40
The Mock LISA Data Challenges are a program to demonstrate LISA data-analysis capabilities and to encourage their development. Each round of challenges consists of several data set…
Anatomy of the binary black hole recoil: A multipolar analysis
Jeremy D. Schnittman, Alessandra Buonanno, James R. van Meter +5
We present a multipolar analysis of the gravitational recoil computed in recent numerical simulations of binary black hole (BH) coalescence, for both unequal masses and non-zero, n…
Toward faithful templates for non-spinning binary black holes using the effective-one-body approach
Alessandra Buonanno, Yi Pan, John G. Baker +4
We present an accurate approximation of the full gravitational radiation waveforms generated in the merger of non-eccentric systems of two non-spinning black holes. Utilizing infor…
A data-analysis driven comparison of analytic and numerical coalescing binary waveforms: nonspinning case
Yi Pan, Alessandra Buonanno, John G. Baker +5
We compare waveforms obtained by numerically evolving nonspinning binary black holes to post-Newtonian (PN) template families currently used in the search for gravitational waves b…