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On the mass radiated by coalescing black-hole binaries

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We derive an analytic phenomenological expression that predicts the final mass of the black-hole remnant resulting from the merger of a generic binary system of black holes on quasi-circular orbits. Besides recovering the correct test-particle limit for extreme mass-ratio binaries, our formula reproduces well the results of all the numerical-relativity simulations published so far, both when applied at separations of a few gravitational radii, and when applied at separations of tens of thousands of gravitational radii. These validations make our formula a useful tool in a variety of contexts ranging from gravitational-wave physics to cosmology. As representative examples, we first illustrate how it can be used to decrease the phase error of the effective-one-body waveforms during the ringdown phase. Second, we show that, when combined with the recently computed self-force correction to the binding energy of nonspinning black-hole binaries, it provides an estimate of the energy emitted during the merger and ringdown. Finally, we use it to calculate the energy radiated in gravitational waves by massive black-hole binaries as a function of redshift, using different models for the seeds of the black-hole population.

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Toward claiming a detection of gravitational memory

gr-qc · 2026-01-30 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A framework using scale separation in the Isaacson description defines observable gravitational memory rise for compact binary coalescences, providing a basis for hypothesis testing in LISA data.

Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs

gr-qc · 2023-03-28 · unverdicted · novelty 3.0

The paper evaluates how triangular versus two-L-shaped geometries, arm lengths, and presence of low-frequency instruments affect the science reach of the Einstein Telescope for compact binaries, multi-messenger events, and stochastic backgrounds.

The physics of gravitational waves

gr-qc · 2023-03-21 · unverdicted · novelty 0.0

Lecture notes deriving gravitational wave physics from first principles in general relativity for PhD and advanced MSc students.

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  • Toward claiming a detection of gravitational memory gr-qc · 2026-01-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 142 · internal anchor

    A framework using scale separation in the Isaacson description defines observable gravitational memory rise for compact binary coalescences, providing a basis for hypothesis testing in LISA data.

  • Surrogate models for precessing binary black hole simulations with unequal masses gr-qc · 2019-05-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 33 · internal anchor

    New surrogate models NRSur7dq4 and RemnantModel accurately predict waveforms and remnant properties for precessing unequal-mass binary black holes up to q=4, outperforming existing models by an order of magnitude.

  • Second-Generation Mass Peak in the Gravitational-Wave Population as a Probe of Globular Clusters astro-ph.HE · 2026-04-08 · unverdicted · none · ref 80

    Dynamical formation in globular clusters produces a robust second black-hole mass peak at ~70 solar masses from second-generation mergers when the first-generation spectrum is truncated by pair-instability supernovae.

  • Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs gr-qc · 2023-03-28 · unverdicted · none · ref 181 · internal anchor

    The paper evaluates how triangular versus two-L-shaped geometries, arm lengths, and presence of low-frequency instruments affect the science reach of the Einstein Telescope for compact binaries, multi-messenger events, and stochastic backgrounds.

  • The physics of gravitational waves gr-qc · 2023-03-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 26 · internal anchor

    Lecture notes deriving gravitational wave physics from first principles in general relativity for PhD and advanced MSc students.