| Title: |
Assessing the Readiness of Numerical Relativity for LISA and 3G Detectors |
| Authors: |
Ferguson, Deborah; Jani, Karan; Laguna, Pablo; Shoemaker, Deirdre |
| Source: |
Phys. Rev. D 104, 044037 (2021) |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| Subject Terms: |
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| Description: |
Future detectors such as LISA promise signal-to-noise ratios potentially in the thousands and data containing simultaneous signals. Accurate numerical relativity waveforms will be essential to maximize the science return. A question of interest to the broad gravitational wave community is: Are the numerical relativity codes ready to face this challenge? Towards answering this question, we provide a new criteria to identify the minimum resolution a simulation must have as a function of signal-to-noise ratio in order for the numerical relativity waveform to be indistinguishable from a true signal. This criteria can be applied to any finite-differencing numerical relativity code with multiple simulations of differing resolutions for the desired binary parameters and waveform length. We apply this criteria to binary systems of interest with the fourth-order MAYA code to obtain the first estimate of the minimum resolution a simulation must have to be prepared for next generation detectors.; Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures |
| Document Type: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevD.104.044037 |
| Access URL: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.04272 |
| Accession Number: |
edsarx.2006.04272 |
| Database: |
arXiv |