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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
physics and astronomy
Error-analysis and comparison to analytical models of numerical waveforms produced by the NRAR Collaboration
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 31, No. 2, Article 025012, Year 2014
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The Numerical-Relativity-Analytical-Relativity (NRAR) collaboration is a joint effort between members of the numerical relativity, analytical relativity and gravitational-wave data analysis communities. The goal of the NRAR collaboration is to produce numerical-relativity simulations of compact binaries and use them to develop accurate analytical templates for the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration to use in detecting gravitational-wave signals and extracting astrophysical information from them. We describe the results of the first stage of the NRAR project, which focused on producing an initial set of numerical waveforms from binary black holes with moderate mass ratios and spins, as well as one non-spinning binary configuration which has a mass ratio of 10. All of the numerical waveforms are analysed in a uniform and consistent manner, with numerical errors evaluated using an analysis code created by members of the NRAR collaboration. We compare previously-calibrated, non-precessing analytical waveforms, notably the effective-one-body (EOB) and phenomenological template families, to the newly-produced numerical waveforms. We find that when the binary's total mass is ∼100-200M⊙, current EOB and phenomenological models of spinning, non-precessing binary waveforms have overlaps above 99% (for advanced LIGO) with all of the non-precessing-binary numerical waveforms with mass ratios 4, when maximizing over binary parameters. This implies that the loss of event rate due to modelling error is below 3%. Moreover, the non-spinning EOB waveforms previously calibrated to five non-spinning waveforms with mass ratio smaller than 6 have overlaps above 99.7% with the numerical waveform with a mass ratio of 10, without even maximizing on the binary parameters. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hinder, Ian
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Buonanno, Alessandra
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Boyle, Michael
United States, Ithaca
Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
Etienne, Zachariah B.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Healy, James
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
Johnson-McDaniel, Nathan K.
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Nagar, Alessandro
France, Bures Sur Yvette
Institut Des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Nakano, Hiroyuki
United States, Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Japan, Kyoto
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Pan, Yi
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Pfeiffer, Harald P.
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
Canada, Toronto
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Pürrer, Michael
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Reisswig, Christian
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Scheel, Mark A.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Schnetter, E.
Canada, Waterloo
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Canada, Guelph
University of Guelph
United States, Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Sperhake, Ulrich
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Faculty of Mathematics
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Estudios Espaciales de Cataluña
United States, University
University of Mississippi
Szilágyi, Béla
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Tichy, Wolfgang
United States, Boca Raton
Florida Atlantic University
Wardell, Barry
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Zenginoǧlu, Anil
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Alic, Daniela
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Bernuzzi, Sebastiano
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Bode, Tanja
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
Brügmann, Bernd
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Buchman, Luisa T.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Campanelli, Manuela
United States, Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Chu, Tony
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Damour, Thibault
United States, Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Grigsby, Jason D.
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Hannam, Mark D.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Haas, R.
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Hemberger, Daniel A.
United States, Ithaca
Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Husa, Sascha
Spain, Palma
Universitat de Les Illes Balears
Kidder, L. E.
United States, Ithaca
Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
Laguna, P.
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
London, Lionel T.
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
Lovelace, Geoffrey
United States, Ithaca
Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton
Loustó, Carlos O.
United States, Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Marronetti, Pedro
United States, Boca Raton
Florida Atlantic University
United States, Alexandria
National Science Foundation
Matzner, Richard A.
United States, Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
Mösta, P.
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Mroué, Abdul
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
Müller, Doreen
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Mundim, Bruno C.
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
United States, Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Nerozzi, Andrea
Portugal, Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa
Paschalidis, Vasileios
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Pollney, Denis
Spain, Palma
Universitat de Les Illes Balears
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Reifenberger, George
United States, Boca Raton
Florida Atlantic University
Rezzolla, Luciano
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Shapiro, S. L.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Shoemaker, Deirdre M.
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
Taracchini, Andrea
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Taylor, Nicholas W.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Teukolsky, S. A.
United States, Ithaca
Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
Thierfelder, Marcus
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Witek, Helvi
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Faculty of Mathematics
Portugal, Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa
Zlochower, Yosef
United States, Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Statistics
Citations: 107
Authors: 56
Affiliations: 28
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/0264-9381/31/2/025012
ISSN:
02649381
e-ISSN:
13616382
Study Design
Phenomenological Study
Study Approach
Qualitative