Exploring short gamma-ray bursts as gravitational-wave standard sirens (2009)
Nissanke, Samaya, Hughes, Scott A., Holz, Daniel E., Dalal, Neal, Sievers, Jonathan L.
Recent observations support the hypothesis that a large fraction of "short-hard" gamma-ray bursts (SHBs) are associated with compact binary inspiral. Since gravitational-wave (GW) measurements of...
Bloom, Joshua S., Holz, Daniel E., Hughes, Scott A., Menou, Kristen, Adams, Allan, Anderson, Scott F., ...
It is widely expected that the coming decade will witness the first direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs). The ground-based LIGO and Virgo GW observatories are being upgraded to advanced...
Binary black hole merger: symmetry and the spin expansion (2007)
Boyle, Latham, Kesden, Michael, Nissanke, Samaya
We regard binary black hole (BBH) merger as a map from a simple initial state (two Kerr black holes, with dimensionless spins {\bf a} and {\bf b}) to a simple final state (a Kerr black hole with mass...
Post-Newtonian Freely Specifiable Initial Data for Binary Black Holes in Numerical Relativity (2005)
Construction of astrophysically realistic initial data remains a central problem when modelling the merger and eventual coalescence of binary black holes in numerical relativity. The objective of...
On the structure of the post-Newtonian expansion in general relativity (2005)
Blanchet, Luc, Faye, Guillaume, Nissanke, Samaya
In the continuation of a preceding work, we derive a new expression for the metric in the near zone of an isolated matter system in post-Newtonian approximations of general relativity. The...
Nissanke, Samaya, Blanchet, Luc
We compute the radiation reaction force on the orbital motion of compact binaries to the 3.5 post-Newtonian (3.5PN) approximation, i.e. one PN order beyond the dominant effect. The method is based on...