Waveform model for the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>ℓ</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <m

In this paper we construct the first phenomenological waveform model, which contains the ``complete'' $\ensuremath{\ell}=2$ spherical harmonic mode content for gravitational wave signals emitted by the coalescence of binary black holes with spin precession: The model contains the dominant part of the gravitational wave displacement memory, which manifests in the $(\ensuremath{\ell}=2,m=0)$ spherical harmonic in a co-precessing frame, as well as the oscillatory component of this mode. The model is constructed by twisting up the oscillatory contribution of the mode, as it was previously done for the rest of spherical harmonic modes in IMRPhenomTPHM and the Phenom family of waveform models. Regarding the displacement memory contribution present in the aligned spin (2,0) mode, we discuss a procedure to analytically compute the ``precessing memory'' in all the $\ensuremath{\ell}=2$ modes using the integration derived from the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs balance laws. The final waveform of the (2,0) mode is then obtained by summing together both contributions. We implement this as an extension of the computationally efficient IMRPhenomTPHM waveform model, and we test its accuracy by comparing against a set of numerical relativity simulations. Finally, we employ the model to perform a Bayesian parameter estimation injection analysis.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.1103/pqcz-tqnn
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Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
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Karl J. Friston
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Waveform model for the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>ℓ</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <m

Karl J. Friston
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In this paper we construct the first phenomenological waveform model, which contains the ``complete'' $\ensuremath{\ell}=2$ spherical harmonic mode content for gravitational wave signals emitted by the coalescence of binary black holes with spin precession: The model contains the dominant part of the gravitational wave displacement memory, which manifests in the $(\ensuremath{\ell}=2,m=0)$ spherical harmonic in a co-precessing frame, as well as the oscillatory component of this mode. The model is constructed by twisting up the oscillatory contribution of the mode, as it was previously done for the rest of spherical harmonic modes in IMRPhenomTPHM and the Phenom family of waveform models. Regarding the displacement memory contribution present in the aligned spin (2,0) mode, we discuss a procedure to analytically compute the ``precessing memory'' in all the $\ensuremath{\ell}=2$ modes using the integration derived from the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs balance laws. The final waveform of the (2,0) mode is then obtained by summing together both contributions. We implement this as an extension of the computationally efficient IMRPhenomTPHM waveform model, and we test its accuracy by comparing against a set of numerical relativity simulations. Finally, we employ the model to perform a Bayesian parameter estimation injection analysis.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 112(12)
Institut Català de Ciències del Clima (ES), Wind Energy Institute of Canada (CA), Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes Balears (ES), Universitat de les Illes Balears (ES)
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