Initial data and eccentricity reduction toolkit for binary black hole numerical relativity waveforms

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABE691MaRDI QIDQ5163382zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sarah Habib, Antoni Ramos-Buades, E. A. Huerta, Sascha Husa, Roland Haas, Zachariah B. Etienne

Publication date 3 November 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.08878, https://authors.library.caltech.edu/109158/

zbMATH Keywords

black holeseccentricity reductioninitial datanumerical relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Finite volume methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M08) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Gravitational waves (83C35) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: The production of numerical relativity waveforms that describe quasicircular binary black hole mergers requires high-quality initial data, and an algorithm to iteratively reduce residual eccentricity. To date, these tools remain closed source, or in commercial software that prevents their use in high performance computing platforms. To address these limitations, and to ensure that the broader numerical relativity community has access to these tools, herein we provide all the required elements to produce high-quality numerical relativity simulations in supercomputer platforms, namely: open source parameter files to numerical simulate spinning black hole binaries with asymmetric mass-ratios; open source $extttPython$ tools to produce high-quality initial data for numerical relativity simulations of spinning black hole binaries on quasi-circular orbits; open source $extttPython$ tools for eccentricity reduction, both as stand-alone software and deployed in the $extttEinsteinToolkit$'s software infrastructure. This open source toolkit fills in a critical void in the literature at a time when numerical relativity has an ever increasing role in the study and interpretation of gravitational wave sources. As part of our community building efforts, and to streamline and accelerate the use of these resources, we provide tutorials that describe, step by step, how to obtain and use these open source numerical relativity tools.

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• Improvements to the construction of binary black hole initial data
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• Reducing orbital eccentricity in binary black hole simulations

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Uses Software

• SymPy
• Einstein Toolkit

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