Comparisons of binary black hole merger waveforms

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/24/12/S03MaRDI QIDQ5293843zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John G. Baker, Manuela Campanelli, Frans Pretorius, Yosef Zlochower

Publication date 4 July 2007

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0701016

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: This a particularly exciting time for gravitational wave physics. Ground-based gravitational wave detectors are now operating at a sensitivity such that gravitational radiation may soon be directly detected, and recently several groups have independently made significant breakthroughs that have finally enabled numerical relativists to solve the Einstein field equations for coalescing black-hole binaries, a key source of gravitational radiation. The numerical relativity community is now in the position to begin providing simulated merger waveforms for use by the data analysis community, and it is therefore very important that we provide ways to validate the results produced by various numerical approaches. Here, we present a simple comparison of the waveforms produced by two very different, but equally successful approaches--the generalized harmonic gauge and the moving puncture methods. We compare waveforms of equal-mass black hole mergers with minimal or vanishing spins. The results show exceptional agreement for the final burst of radiation, with some differences attributable to small spins on the black holes in one case.

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