Gravitational memory and spacetime symmetries
Symmetries of spacetime infinitely far away from gravitational fields may hint at new laws of nature
Compact binary coalescence parameters
Mass
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Spins
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Position of a binary in the sky
- Sky position (ra, dec)
- Luminosity distance (DL)
- Inclination angle (iota, also denoted theta_jn), determines whether the binary is face-on or face-off
Other
- Polarization angle (psi)
- Phase of coalescence (phi)
- Geocent time of the merger (t_c)
Recent Work
Gravitational memory and spacetime symmetries
The nanohertz gravitational wave background
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