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

Ajith, P., Hannam, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5571-325X, 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:	14 May 2023 18:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7305

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