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The Impact of Finite-Differencing Errors on Binary Black Hole Merger Templates
Document Type
Conference Paper
Journal/Book Title/Conference
AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume
873
Publication Date
2006
First Page
125
Last Page
125
Abstract
We study the impact that inaccuracy of numerical templates can have on the detection of gravitational waveforms via matched filtering. As a first step toward the analysis of templates from binary black hole mergers we use numerical ringdown templates generated by a Zerilli code for several resolutions. In case of this toy model, we find that the inaccuracies only affect the detection at higher thresholds, causing a reduction and a drift in the signal parameter space spanned by the template.
Recommended Citation
The Impact of Finite-Differencing Errors on Binary Black Hole Merger Templates. Birjoo Vaishnav, Deirdre Shoemaker and Shane L. Larson. Proceedings of the Sixth International LISA Symposium, AIP Conf. Proc. 873, 125 (2006)
