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Reanalysis of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 using numerical-relativity calibrated waveform models

Narikawa, T., Uchikata, N., Kawaguchi, K., Kiuchi, K., Kyutoku, K., Shibata, M., et al. (in preparation). Reanalysis of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 using numerical-relativity calibrated waveform models.

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Narikawa, Tatsuya, Author
Uchikata, Nami, Author
Kawaguchi, Kyohei1, Author
Kiuchi, Kenta2, Author
Kyutoku, Koutarou, Author
Shibata, Masaru2, Author
Tagoshi, Hideyuki, Author
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1Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_1933290
2Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_2541714

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Free keywords: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, gr-qc, Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, astro-ph.HE
Abstract: We reanalyze gravitational waves from a binary-neutron-star merger GW170817 using a numerical-relativity (NR) calibrated waveform model, the TF2+_KyotoTidal model. By imposing a uniform prior on the binary tidal deformability $\tilde{\Lambda}$ the symmetric $90\%$ credible interval of $\tilde{\Lambda}$ is estimated to be $481^{+436}_{-359}$ ($402^{+465}_{-279}$) for the case of $f_\mathrm{max}=1000~\mathrm{Hz}$ ($2048~\mathrm{Hz}$), where $f_\mathrm{max}$ is the maximum frequency in the analysis. We also reanalyze the event with other waveform models: two post-Newtonian waveform models (TF2$\_$PNTidal and TF2+$\_$PNTidal), the TF2+$\_$NRTidal model that is another NR calibrated waveform model used in the LIGO-Virgo analysis, and its upgrade, the TF2+$\_$NRTidalv2 model. While estimates of parameters other than $\tilde{\Lambda}$ are broadly consistent among different waveform models, our results indicate that there is a difference in estimates of $\tilde{\Lambda}$ among three NR calibrated waveform models. The difference in the peak values of posterior probability density functions of $\tilde{\Lambda}$ between the NR calibrated waveform models: the TF2+$\_$KyotoTidal and TF2+$\_$NRTidalv2 models for $f_\mathrm{max}=1000~\mathrm{Hz}$ is about 40 and is much smaller than the width of $90\%$ credible interval, which is about 700. The systematic error for the NR calibrated waveform models will be significant to measure $\tilde{\Lambda}$ in the case of GW170817-like signal for the planned third generation detectors's sensitivities.

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Dates: 2019-10-20
Publication Status: Not specified
Pages: 14 pages, 5 figures
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Identifiers: arXiv: 1910.08971
URI: http://arxiv.org/abs/1910.08971
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