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A surrogate model for gravitational waveforms of spin-aligned binary black holes with eccentricities

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-06-29 v2

Abstract

A waveform model for the eccentric binary black holes named SEOBNRE has been used to analyze the LIGO-Virgo's gravitational wave data by several groups. The accuracy of this model has been validated by comparing it with numerical relativity. However, SEOBNRE is a time-domain model, and the efficiency for generating waveforms is a bottleneck in data analysis. To overcome this disadvantage, we offer a reduced-order surrogate model for eccentric binary black holes based on the SEOBNRE waveforms. This surrogate model (SEOBNRE\_S) can simulate the complete inspiral-merger-ringdown waves with enough accuracy, covering eccentricities from 0 to 0.25 (0.1), and mass ratio from 1:1 to 5:1 (2:1) for nonspinning (spinning) binaries. The speed of waveform generation is accelerated about 10210310^2 \sim 10^3 times than the original SEOBNRE model. Therefore SEOBNRE\_S could be helpful in the analysis of LIGO data to find potential eccentricities.

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@article{arxiv.2104.03789,
  title  = {A surrogate model for gravitational waveforms of spin-aligned binary black holes with eccentricities},
  author = {Qianyun Yun and Wen-Biao Han and Xingyu Zhong and Carlos A. Benavides-Gallego},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.03789},
  year   = {2021}
}

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18pages, 23 figures

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