Mapping gravitational waves from collisions of black holes

Project Information

BlackHoleMaps

Grant agreement ID: 647839

DOI

10.3030/647839

Project closed

EC signature date 22 May 2015

Start date 1 October 2015

End date 31 March 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 998 009,00

EU contribution

€ 1 998 009,00

Coordinated by

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (31)

Including higher order multipoles in gravitational-wave models for precessing binary black holes

Author(s): Sebastian Khan; Sebastian Khan; Sebastian Khan; Frank Ohme; Frank Ohme; Katerina Chatziioannou; Mark Hannam; Mark Hannam
Published in: Physical Review D, 2020, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.101.024056

Phenomenological model for the gravitational-wave signal from precessing binary black holes with two-spin effects

Author(s): Sebastian Khan; Sebastian Khan; K. Chatziioannou; Mark Hannam; Frank Ohme; Frank Ohme
Published in: Physical Review D, 2019, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.100.024059

Gravitational-wave surrogate models powered by artificial neural networks

Author(s): Sebastian Khan; R. Green
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.064015

Identifying when precession can be measured in gravitational waveforms

Author(s): R. Green; Charlie Hoy; Stephen Fairhurst; Mark Hannam; Mark Hannam; Francesco Pannarale; Francesco Pannarale; Cory Thomas
Published in: Physical Review D, 2020, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.124023

Two-harmonic approximation for gravitational waveforms from precessing binaries

Author(s): Stephen Fairhurst; R. Green; Charlie Hoy; Mark Hannam; A. W. Muir
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 26, 2019, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1908.05707

Understanding How Fast Black Holes Spin by Analyzing Data from the Second Gravitational-wave Catalogue

Author(s): Charlie Hoy; Stephen Fairhurst; Mark Hannam; Vaibhav Tiwari
Published in: Astrophysical Journal, 2022, ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac54a3

When will we observe binary black holes precessing

Author(s): Stephen Fairhurst; R. Green; Mark Hannam; Charlie Hoy
Published in: Physical Review D, 2020, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.041302

Model of gravitational waves from precessing black-hole binaries through merger and ringdown

Author(s): Eleanor Hamilton; Lionel London; Jonathan E. Thompson; Edward Fauchon-Jones; Mark Hannam; Chinmay Kalaghatgi; Sebastian Khan; Francesco Pannarale; Alex Vano-Vinuales
Published in: Physical Review D, 2021, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.104.124027

Parameter estimation with a spinning multimode waveform model

Author(s): C. V. Kalaghatgi; Mark Hannam; Vivien Raymond
Published in: Physical Review D, 2020, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.101.103004

Frequency-domain gravitational waves from nonprecessing black-hole binaries. II. A phenomenological model for the advanced detector era

Author(s): Sebastian Khan, Sascha Husa, Mark Hannam, Frank Ohme, Michael Pürrer, Xisco Jiménez Forteza, Alejandro Bohé
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 93/4, 2016, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.044007

Tests of General Relativity with GW150914

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, C. C. Arceneaux, J. S. Areeda, N. Arnaud, K. G. Arun
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 116/22, 2016, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.221101

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. A. Arain, M. C. Araya, C. C. Arceneaux, J. S. Areeda, N. Arnau
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 116/6, 2016, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102

GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. A
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 119/16, 2017, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101

First Higher-Multipole Model of Gravitational Waves from Spinning and Coalescing Black-Hole Binaries

Author(s): Lionel London, Sebastian Khan, Edward Fauchon-Jones, Cecilio García, Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, Xisco Jiménez-Forteza, Chinmay Kalaghatgi, Frank Ohme, Francesco Pannarale
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 120/16, 2018, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.161102

Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, M. A. Aloy, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 848/2, 2017, Page(s) L13, ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c

Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, C. C. Arceneaux, J. S. Areeda, N. Arnaud, K. G. Arun
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 116/24, 2016, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241102

Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914

Author(s): B P Abbott, R Abbott, T D Abbott, M R Abernathy, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams, T Adams, P Addesso, R X Adhikari, V B Adya, C Affeldt, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, O D Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, B Allen, A Allocca, P A Altin, A Ananyeva, S B Anderson, W G Anderson, S Appert, K Arai, M C Araya, J S Areeda, N Arnaud, K G Arun, S Ascenzi, G Ashton, M Ast, S M Aston, P Astone, P Aufmuth,
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Issue 34/10, 2017, Page(s) 104002, ISSN 0264-9381
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa6854

The most powerful astrophysical events: Gravitational-wave peak luminosity of binary black holes as predicted by numerical relativity

Author(s): David Keitel, Xisco Jiménez Forteza, Sascha Husa, Lionel London, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Enno Harms, Alessandro Nagar, Mark Hannam, Sebastian Khan, Michael Pürrer, Geraint Pratten, Vivek Chaurasia
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 96/2, 2017, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.024006

Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya,
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 848/2, 2017, Page(s) L12, ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9

Frequency-domain gravitational waves from nonprecessing black-hole binaries. I. New numerical waveforms and anatomy of the signal

Author(s): Sascha Husa, Sebastian Khan, Mark Hannam, Michael Pürrer, Frank Ohme, Xisco Jiménez Forteza, Alejandro Bohé
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 93/4, 2016, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.044006

GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, C. C. Arceneaux, J. S. Areeda, N. Arnaud, K. G. Arun
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 116/24, 2016, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103

Can we measure individual black-hole spins from gravitational-wave observations?

Author(s): Michael Pürrer, Mark Hannam, Frank Ohme
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 93/8, 2016, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.084042

Hierarchical data-driven approach to fitting numerical relativity data for nonprecessing binary black holes with an application to final spin and radiated energy

Author(s): Xisco Jiménez-Forteza, David Keitel, Sascha Husa, Mark Hannam, Sebastian Khan, Michael Pürrer
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 95/6, 2017, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.064024

Spherical symmetry as a test case for unconstrained hyperboloidal evolution II: gauge conditions

Author(s): Alex Vañó-Viñuales, Sascha Husa
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Issue 35/4, 2018, Page(s) 045014, ISSN 0264-9381
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aaa4e2

Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, C. C. Arceneaux, J. S. Areeda, N. Arnaud, K. G. Arun
Published in: Physical Review X, Issue 6/4, 2016, ISSN 2160-3308
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041015

GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 118/22, 2017, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.221101

GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. A
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 119/14, 2017, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.141101

GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

Author(s): B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya,
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 851/2, 2017, Page(s) L35, ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9f0c

Modeling the gravitational wave signature of neutron star black hole coalescences: PhenomNSBH

Author(s): Thompson, Jonathan E.; Fauchon-Jones, Edward; Khan, Sebastian; Nitoglia, Elisa; Pannarale, Francesco; Dietrich, Tim; Hannam, Mark
Published in: Physical Review D, 2020, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2002.08383

Inferring black-hole orbital dynamics from numerical-relativity gravitational waveforms

Author(s): E. Z. Hamilton; Mark Hannam
Published in: Physical Review D, 2018, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1807.06331

Investigating the effect of in-plane spin directions for precessing binary black hole systems

Author(s): C. V. Kalaghatgi; Mark Hannam; Mark Hannam
Published in: Physical Review D, 2021, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.024024