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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…
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…
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…
Convergence of post-Newtonian for quasi-circular non-precessing comparable mass ratios BBHs
Dongze Sun, Béatrice Bonga, Leo C. Stein +1
Post-Newtonian (PN) theory provides the analytic foundation for modeling the early inspiral of binary black holes. However, as an asymptotic series, successive PN orders do not nec…
Chaos and fractals of the black hole photon ring
Roman Berens, Peter Galison, Trevor Gravely +2
The photon ring of a Kerr black hole decomposes into a self-similar hierarchy of subrings. Here, we show that this self-similar structure persists in phase space. Moreover, near th…
Fixing the center-of-mass frame of numerical relativity waveforms using the post-Newtonian center-of-mass charge
Aniket Khairnar, Leo C. Stein, Michael Boyle +7
The Bondi--van der Burg--Metzner--Sachs (BMS) frame of gravitational waves produced by numerical relativity (NR) simulations is crucial for building accurate waveform models. A pro…
Parameter matching between horizon quasi-local and point-particle definitions at 1PN for quasi-circular and non spinning BBH systems in harmonic gauge
Dongze Sun, Leo C. Stein
We investigate how commonly used parameter definitions in Post-Newtonian (PN) theory compare with those from Numerical Relativity (NR) for binary black hole (BBH) systems. In NR, m…
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…
Black hole spectroscopy: from theory to experiment
Emanuele Berti, Vitor Cardoso, Gregorio Carullo +65
The "ringdown" radiation emitted by oscillating black holes has great scientific potential. By carefully predicting the frequencies and amplitudes of black hole quasinormal modes a…
GWSurrogate: A Python package for gravitational wave surrogate models
Scott E. Field, Vijay Varma, Jonathan Blackman +9
Fast and accurate waveform models are fundamentally important to modern gravitational wave astrophysics, enabling the study of merging compact objects like black holes and neutron…
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…
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…
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…
Actions of spinning compact binaries: Spinning particle in Kerr matched to dynamics at 1.5 post-Newtonian order
Vojtěch Witzany, Viktor Skoupý, Leo C. Stein +1
The motion of compact binaries is influenced by the spin of their components starting at the 1.5 post-Newtonian (PN) order. On the other hand, in the large mass ratio limit, the sp…
Approximate helical symmetry in compact binaries
Aniket Khairnar, Leo C. Stein, Michael Boyle
The inspiral of a circular, non-precessing binary exhibits an approximate helical symmetry. The effects of eccentricity, precession, and radiation reaction break the exact symmetry…
High-Precision Ringdown Surrogate Model for Non-Precessing Binary Black Holes
Lorena Magaña Zertuche, Leo C. Stein, Keefe Mitman +11
Highly precise and robust waveform models are required as improvements in detector sensitivity enable us to test general relativity with more precision than ever before. In this wo…
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…
Imprints of Changing Mass and Spin on Black Hole Ringdown
Hengrui Zhu, Frans Pretorius, Sizheng Ma +8
We numerically investigate the imprints of gravitational radiation-reaction driven changes to a black hole's mass and spin on the corresponding ringdown waveform. We do so by compa…
Can a radiation gauge be horizon-locking?
Leo C. Stein
In this short Note, I answer the titular question: Yes, a radiation gauge can be horizon-locking. Radiation gauges are very common in black hole perturbation theory. It's also very…
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…
High-accuracy mass, spin, and recoil predictions of generic black-hole merger remnants
Vijay Varma, Davide Gerosa, Leo C. Stein +2
We present accurate fits for the remnant properties of generically precessing binary black holes, trained on large banks of numerical-relativity simulations. We use Gaussian proces…
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…