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Addition of tabulated equation of state and neutrino leakage support to IllinoisGRMHD
Leonardo R. Werneck, Zachariah B. Etienne, Ariadna Murguia-Berthier +11
We have added support for realistic, microphysical, finite-temperature equations of state (EOS) and neutrino physics via a leakage scheme to IllinoisGRMHD, an open-source GRMHD cod…
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…
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…
Hybrid black-hole binary initial data
Bruno C. Mundim, Bernard J. Kelly, Yosef Zlochower +2
Traditional black-hole binary puncture initial data is conformally flat. This unphysical assumption is coupled with a lack of radiation signature from the binary's past life. As a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Black hole puncture initial data with realistic gravitational wave content
Bernard J Kelly, Wolfgang Tichy, Manuela Campanelli +1
We present improved post-Newtonian-inspired initial data for non-spinning black-hole binaries, suitable for numerical evolution with punctures. We revisit the work of Tichy et al.…
Recoiling from a kick in the head-on collision of spinning black holes
Dae-Il Choi, Bernard J. Kelly, William D. Boggs +3
Recoil ``kicks'' induced by gravitational radiation are expected in the inspiral and merger of black holes. Recently the numerical relativity community has begun to measure the sig…
Binary black hole late inspiral: Simulations for gravitational wave observations
John G. Baker, Sean T. McWilliams, James R. van Meter +4
Coalescing binary black hole mergers are expected to be the strongest gravitational wave sources for ground-based interferometers, such as the LIGO, VIRGO, and GEO600, as well as t…
Consistency of post-Newtonian waveforms with numerical relativity
John G. Baker, James R. van Meter, Sean T. McWilliams +2
General relativity predicts the gravitational wave signatures of coalescing binary black holes. Explicit waveform predictions for such systems, required for optimal analysis of obs…
The Lazarus Project. II. Spacelike extraction with the quasi-Kinnersley tetrad
Manuela Campanelli, Bernard J. Kelly, Carlos O. Lousto
The Lazarus project was designed to make the most of limited 3D binary black-hole simulations, through the identification of perturbations at late times, and subsequent evolution o…
Black Hole Spectroscopy: Testing General Relativity through Gravitational Wave Observations
Olaf Dreyer, Bernard Kelly, Badri Krishnan +3
Assuming that general relativity is the correct theory of gravity in the strong field limit, can gravitational wave observations distinguish between black hole and other compact ob…
Impact of densitized lapse slicings on evolutions of a wobbling black hole
U. Sperhake, K. L. Smith, B. Kelly +2
We present long-term stable and second-order convergent evolutions of an excised wobbling black hole. Our results clearly demonstrate that the use of a densitized lapse function ex…
A cure for unstable numerical evolutions of single black holes: adjusting the standard ADM equations
Bernard Kelly, Pablo Laguna, Keith Lockitch +4
Numerical codes based on a direct implementation of the standard ADM formulation of Einstein's equations have generally failed to provide long-term stable and convergent evolutions…