We develop a model for frequency-domain gravitational waveforms from inspiraling binary neutron stars. Our waveform model is calibrated by comparison with hybrid waveforms constructed from our latest high-precision numerical-relativity waveforms and the SEOBNRv2T waveforms in the frequency range of 10--1000Hz. We show that the phase difference between our waveform model and the hybrid waveforms is always smaller than 0.1rad for the binary tidal deformability, Λ~, in the range 300≲Λ~≲1900 and for the mass ratio between 0.73 and 1. We show that, for 10--1000Hz, the distinguishability for the signal-to-noise ratio ≲50 and the mismatch between our waveform model and the hybrid waveforms are always smaller than 0.25 and 1.1×10−5, respectively. The systematic error of our waveform model in the measurement of Λ~ is always smaller than 20 with respect to the hybrid waveforms for 300≲Λ~≲1900. The statistical error in the measurement of binary parameters is computed employing our waveform model, and we obtain results consistent with the previous studies. We show that the systematic error of our waveform model is always smaller than 20% (typically smaller than 10%) of the statistical error for events with the signal-to-noise ratio of 50.
@article{arxiv.1802.06518,
title = {Frequency-domain gravitational waveform models for inspiraling binary neutron stars},
author = {Kyohei Kawaguchi and Kenta Kiuchi and Koutarou Kyutoku and Yuichiro Sekiguchi and Masaru Shibata and Keisuke Taniguchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.06518},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
22 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in PRD