precession_measurability

Materials and code related to measuring precession

Reading List

• Theory / Analytical papers
• Apostolatos et al., 1994 -- general description of double spin precession effects
• Spin-orbit resonance papers
  • Gerosa et al., 2014 "Distinguishing black-hole spin-orbit resonances by their gravitational-wave signatures"
  • Gerosa et al, 2015 "Multi-timescale analysis of phase transitions in precessing black-hole binaries"
  • Trifiro et al., 2016 -- also does some parameter estimation techniques
  • Gerosa et al., 2013 "Resonant-plane locking and spin alignment in stellar-mass black-hole binaries: a diagnostic of compact-binary formation"
• Fisher matrix work
  • Vallisneri, 2007 "Use and Abuse of the Fisher Information Matrix in the Assessment of Gravitational-Wave Parameter-Estimation Prospects"
  • Nicholson and Vecchio, 1998 "Bayesian Bounds on Parameter Estimation Accuracy for Compact Coalescing Binary Gravitational Wave Signals"
• Parameter Estimation with spin-induced precession
• Vivien Raymond's thesis, 2012 -- some description of PE with spin, no specific measurability assessment
• Chatziioannou et al., 2014 "Detection and parameter estimation of gravitational waves from compact binary inspirals with analytical double-precessing templates"
• Hannam et al., 2014 -- PhenomP paper
• Puerrer et al., 2015 "Can we measure individual black-hole spins from gravitational-wave observations?"
• Wade et al., 2013 "Advanced LIGO’s ability to detect apparent violations of the cosmic censorship conjecture and the no-hair theorem through compact binary coalescence detections"
• Ohme et al., 2013 "Statistical and systematic errors for gravitational-wave inspiral signals: A principal component analysis"
• GW search based papers
• Harry et al., 2016 "Searching for gravitational waves from compact binaries with precessing spins"
• Astrophysics papers
• Kalogera 1999 "Spin–Orbit Misalignment in Close Binaries with Two Compact Objects"
• Gerosa et al., 2015 "Spin alignment and differential accretion in merging black hole binaries"
• Gerosa et al., 2015 "Precessional instability in binary black holes with aligned spins"
• Formation channels papers
• Brieivik et al., 2016 "Distinguishing Between Formation Channels for Binary Black Holes with LISA"
• Nishizawa et al., 2016 "Constraining stellar binary black hole formation scenarios with eLISA eccentricity measurements"
• Vitale et al., 2016 "Use of gravitational waves to probe the formation channels of compact binaries"
• Rodriguez et al., 2015 "Binary Black Hole Mergers from Globular Clusters: Implications for Advanced LIGO"
• Rodriguez et al., 2016 "Binary Black Hole Mergers from Globular Clusters: Masses, Merger Rates, and the Impact of Stellar Evolution"