Towards higher accuracy gravitational waveforms from large mass ratio and eccentric binaries

ORAL

Abstract

Gravitational wave detection requires waveform libraries from highly accurate numerical simulations in full general relativity. Current libraries are largely sufficient for today's detectors, but future detectors such as the space based LISA mission will be sensitive to new wavebands, higher signal-to-noise ratios, a larger variety of sources and will require yet higher accuracy waveforms. There will be a growing need to be able to better model challenging systems including binary black holes with large mass ratios, high spins and very eccentric orbits. We describe progress in the development of the numerical code, Dendro-GR, as applied to some of these complications as well to binary systems in alternative gravity theories.

*We gratefully acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation under NSF-PHY 2207615.

Presenters

  • Eric W Hirschmann

    • Brigham Young University

Authors

  • Eric W Hirschmann

    • Brigham Young University
  • David W Neilsen

    • Brigham Young University
  • Milinda Fernando

    • University of Texas at Austin
  • Yosef Zlochower

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Hari Sundar

    • University of Utah
  • James Bleazard

    • Brigham Young University
  • Nate Garey

    • Brigham Young University