Constructing binary black hole template banks using numerical relativity waveforms

We present methods for constructing and validating template banks for gravitational waves from high mass binary black holes in advanced gravitational-wave detectors using waveforms from numerical relativity. We construct these template banks using numerical waveforms from the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) collaboration. We show how a template bank can be constructed using numerical waveforms for non-spinning black hole binaries and discuss how this can be extended into the aligned spin black hole binary space.