Black Hole-Black Hole Waveform Catalog

Note: 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.

Format: Data files containing the waveforms are in a simple, three-column ASCII format: {time, $Re(h$ _2,2), $Im(h$ _2,2)}, where $h$ _2,2 is the waveform's (2,2) mode, that is, the coefficient of the (l=2,m=2) spin-(-2)-weighted spherical harmonic. Conversion to the actual strain ( $h$ ₊, $h$ _x), as observed by a detector at a specific inclination relative to the source, is straightforward: the following executable will perform the conversion:

Conversion tool: [windows binary | linux binary | C++ source code | Perl script ]

Invoke with the following syntax:

getDetectorStrain.pl <input_data> <total redshifted mass (M_Sun)> <luminosity distance (Mpc)> <inclination (degs)> <polarization (degs)>

Equal-mass, zero-spin data

data source	description	file
GSFC:	"R1" data from Baker et al. (2006) [ gr-qc/0701016 ]	data file
UTB:	"s00" data from Baker et al. (2006) [ gr-qc/0701016 ]	data file
Pretorius:	"d16" data from Baker et al. (2006) [ gr-qc/0701016 ]	data file

Equal-mass, zero-spin data matched to PN inspiral

data source	description	file
GSFC:	Hybrid waveform: numerical "R1" data as above, matched smoothly to PN inspiral data (3.5PN-accurate phase & 2.5PN-accurate amplitude)	time series data file FFT magnitude data file

Late-Merger (Lazarus) data

Type of Source	Contact Person	README file	Sample Plot (click to enlarge)	Data files
Binary Black Hole Merger	John Baker	README		Gzipped tar file (23 Kb compressed)