Waveform Catalog

Want to see gravitational waves? Here we collect the calculations of theorists around the world determining the waveforms of gravitational radiation expected from various astrophysical sources. Our goal is to facillitate interaction among source modelers, data analysts, and gravitational wave experimentalists. These waveforms can be used for data analysis, experimental simulation and design tasks, and source identification and interpretation.

So far, three anticipated sources of gravitational wave bursts are included below:

Extreme Mass Ratio Binary (Capture)
Binary Black Hole Mergers
Black Hole - Neutron Star Mergers
Binary Neutron Star Mergers

Data files containing the waveforms are in a simple, 3-column ascii format (time[sec], rh+[cm], rhx[cm]) and can be readily downloaded. For more information on the particular studies, please see the associated README files and contact information.

This catalog will be continually expanded. We invite authors of additional studies who wish to contribute waveforms to contact the Waveform Catalog Curator, John Baker.

Extreme Mass Ratio Binary (Capture)

Type of Source

Contact Person

README file

Sample Plot
(click to enlarge)

Data files

Extreme Mass Ratio Binary (Capture)

Scott Hughes

README

a=0.3594M
Gzipped tar file (47 Mb compressed)

Inclination angle	lmax	kmax	individual file size
0	2	0	5.7Mb
0	4	0	5.7Mb
20	2	2	5.9Mb
20	4	4	5.9Mb
40	2	2	4.7Mb
40	4	4	4.7Mb
50	2	2	3.9Mb

a=0.998M
Gzipped tar file (123 Mb compressed)
Inclination angle lmax kmax individual
file size

0 2 0 24Mb

0 4 0 24Mb

20 2 2 21Mb

20 4 4 21Mb

40 2 2 96Mb

40 4 4 96Mb

50 2 2 46Mb

50 4 4 46Mb

60 2 2 14Mb

60 4 4 14Mb

Black Hole - Neutron Star Binary Mergers

Type of Source	Contact Person	README file	Sample Plot (click to enlarge)	Data files
Black Hole - Neutron Star Binary Mergers	William Henry Lee	README		Gzipped tar file (5821 Kb compressed)

Binary Neutron Star Mergers

Type of Source	Contact Person	README file	Data files
Binary Neutron Star Merger	Joshua Faber	README	Gzipped tar file (355 Kb compressed)
Binary Neutron Star Merger	Maximilan Ruffert	README	Gzipped tar file (198 Kb compressed)
Binary Neutron Star Merger	Matthew Duez	README	Gzipped tar file (262 Kb compressed)