2008

LISA parameter estimation using numerical merger waveforms

Thorpe, J. I., McWilliams, S. T., Kelly, B. J. et al.

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Recent advances in numerical relativity provide a detailed description of the waveforms of coalescing massive black hole binaries (MBHBs), expected to be the strongest detectable LISA sources.

  • We present a preliminary study of LISA's sensitivity to MBHB parameters using a hybrid numerical/analytic waveform for equal-mass, non-spinning holes.
  • The Synthetic LISA software package is used to simulate the instrument response and the Fisher information matrix method is used to estimate errors in the parameters.
  • Initial results indicate that inclusion of the merger signal can significantly improve the precision of some parameter estimates.

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