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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…
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…
Self-force calculations with numerical relativity methods
Nils L. Vu, Nami Nishimura, Thomas Osburn +4
To model gravitational waveforms from extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) for the upcoming LISA space mission, gravitational self-force calculations are needed to second order in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Parameter control for binary black hole initial data
Iago B. Mendes, Nils L. Vu, Oliver Long +2
When numerically solving Einstein's equations for binary black holes (BBH), we must find initial data on a three-dimensional spatial slice by solving constraint equations. The cons…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…