Inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms for black-hole binaries with nonprecessing spins

Ajith, P., Hannam, Mark, Husa, S., Chen, Y., Brügmann, B., Dorband, N., Müller, D., Ohme, Frank, Pollney, D., Reisswig, C., Santamaría, L. and Seiler, J. 2011. Inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms for black-hole binaries with nonprecessing spins. Physical Review Letters 106 (24) , 241101. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.241101

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Abstract

We present the first analytical inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveforms from binary black holes (BBHs) with nonprecessing spins, that is based on a description of the late-inspiral, merger and ringdown in full general relativity. By matching a post-Newtonian description of the inspiral to a set of numerical-relativity simulations, we obtain a waveform family with a conveniently small number of physical parameters. These waveforms will allow us to detect a larger parameter space of BBH coalescence, including a considerable fraction of precessing binaries in the comparable-mass regime, thus significantly improving the expected detection rates.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Additional Information:	4 pp.
Publisher:	American Physical Society
ISSN:	0031-9007
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 01:59
URI:	http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/7305

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