P Ajith et al 2007 Class. Quantum Grav. 24 S689 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/19/S31
P Ajith1, S Babak2, Y Chen2, M Hewitson1, B Krishnan2, J T Whelan2, B Brügmann3, P Diener4,5, J Gonzalez3, M Hannam3, S Husa3, M Koppitz2, D Pollney2, L Rezzolla2,5, L Santamaría3, A M Sintes2,6, U Sperhake3 and J Thornburg2,7
Show affiliationsRecent progress in numerical relativity has enabled us to model the non-perturbative merger phase of the binary black-hole coalescence problem. Based on these results, we propose a phenomenological family of waveforms which can model the inspiral, merger and ring-down stages of black-hole coalescence. We also construct a template bank using this family of waveforms and discuss its implementation in the search for signatures of gravitational waves produced by black-hole coalescences in the data of ground-based interferometers. This template bank might enable us to extend the present inspiral searches to higher-mass binary black-hole systems, i.e., systems with total mass greater than about 80 solar masses, thereby increasing the reach of the current generation of ground-based detectors.
Issue 19 (7 October 2007)
Received 30 April 2007, in final form 23 July 2007
Published 19 September 2007
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