Numerical relativity waveforms are a critical resource in the quest to deepen our understanding of the dynamics of, and gravitational waves emitted from, merging binary systems. We present 181 new numerical relativity simulations as the second MAYA catalog of binary black hole waveforms (a sequel to the Georgia Tech waveform catalog). Most importantly, these include 55 high mass ratio (q >= 4), 48 precessing, and 92 eccentric (e > 0.01) simulations, including seven simulations which are both eccentric and precessing. With these significant additions, this new catalog fills in considerable gaps in existing public numerical relativity waveform catalogs. The waveforms presented in this catalog are shown to be convergent and are consistent with current gravitational wave models. They are available to the public at https://cgpstorage.ph.utexas.edu/waveforms.
@article{arxiv.2309.00262,
title = {Second MAYA Catalog of Binary Black Hole Numerical Relativity Waveforms},
author = {Deborah Ferguson and Evelyn Allsup and Surendra Anne and Galina Bouyer and Miguel Gracia-Linares and Hector Iglesias and Aasim Jan and Pablo Laguna and Jacob Lange and Erick Martinez and Filippo Meoni and Ryan Nowicki and Deirdre Shoemaker and Blake Steadham and Max L. Trostel and Bing-Jyun Tsao and Finny Valorz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.00262},
year = {2025}
}