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Testing general relativity with gravitational-wave catalogs: The insidious nature of waveform systematics

C. J. Moore, Eliot Finch, R. Buscicchio, Davide Gerosa

2021iScience40 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

events above a signal-to-noise ratio of 20. This is close to the size of current catalogs and highlights the need for caution when performing these sorts of experiments.

Topics & Concepts

WaveformTests of general relativityGravitational wavePhysicsGeneral relativityNumerical relativityTheory of relativityBinary black holeBinary numberGravitationTheoretical physicsAstronomyQuantum mechanicsMathematicsVoltageArithmeticPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchGamma-ray bursts and supernovaeCosmology and Gravitation Theories