The gravitational-wave physics II: Progress

L Bian, RG Cai, S Cao, Z Cao, H Gao, ZK Guo… - Science China Physics …, 2021 - Springer
It has been a half-decade since the first direct detection of gravitational waves, which
signifies the coming of the era of the gravitational-wave astronomy and gravitational-wave …

An asymptotic framework for gravitational scattering

G Compère, SE Gralla, H Wei - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Asymptotically flat spacetimes have been studied in five separate regions: future/past
timelike infinity $ i^\pm $, future/past null infinity $\mathcal {I}^\pm $, and spatial infinity i 0 …

A Review of Gravitational Memory and BMS Frame Fixing in Numerical Relativity

K Mitman, M Boyle, L Stein, N Deppe… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravitational memory effects and the BMS freedoms exhibited at future null infinity have
recently been resolved and utilized in numerical relativity simulations. With this, gravitational …

Quasinormal-mode filters: A new approach to analyze the gravitational-wave ringdown of binary black-hole mergers

S Ma, K Mitman, L Sun, N Deppe, F Hébert, LE Kidder… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We propose two frequency-domain filters to analyze ringdown signals of binary black hole
mergers. The first rational filter is constructed based on a set of (arbitrary) quasinormal …

Extracting linear and nonlinear quasinormal modes from black hole merger simulations

MHY Cheung, E Berti, V Baibhav, R Cotesta - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
In general relativity, when two black holes merge they produce a rotating (Kerr) black hole
remnant. According to perturbation theory, the remnant emits “ringdown” radiation; a …

Eccentric binary black hole surrogate models for the gravitational waveform and remnant properties: Comparable mass, nonspinning case

T Islam, V Varma, J Lodman, SE Field, G Khanna… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We develop new strategies to build numerical relativity surrogate models for eccentric binary
black hole systems, which are expected to play an increasingly important role in current and …

Inferring fundamental spacetime symmetries with gravitational-wave memory: from LISA to the Einstein Telescope

B Goncharov, L Donnay, J Harms - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We revisit gravitational wave (GW) memory as the key to measuring spacetime symmetries,
extending beyond its traditional role in GW searches. In particular, we show how these …

High precision ringdown modeling: Multimode fits and BMS frames

L Magaña Zertuche, K Mitman, N Khera, LC Stein… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Quasinormal mode (QNM) modeling is an invaluable tool for characterizing remnant black
holes, studying strong gravity, and testing general relativity. Only recently have QNM studies …

Unified treatment of null and spatial infinity IV: angular momentum at null and spatial infinity

A Ashtekar, N Khera - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024 - Springer
A bstract In a companion paper [1] we introduced the notion of asymptotically Minkowski
spacetimes. These space-times are asymptotically flat at both null and spatial infinity, and …

Numerical relativity surrogate model with memory effects and post-Newtonian hybridization

J Yoo, K Mitman, V Varma, M Boyle, SE Field, N Deppe… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Numerical relativity simulations provide the most precise templates for the gravitational
waves produced by binary black hole mergers. However, many of these simulations use an …