Gravitational Waveform Modeling III

Presentations

• Including higher order modes in quadrupolar eccentric numerical relativity surrogate using universal eccentric modulation functions

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15506; https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00106

  Presenters

  • Tousif Islam

    • University of California Santa Barbara
    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  Authors

  • Tousif Islam

    • University of California Santa Barbara
    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Adhrit Ravichandran

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Peter James Nee

    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

  • Scott Field

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Vijay Varma

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Harald P Pfeiffer

    • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

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• Testing the Limits of Waveform Modelling Approximations for Eccentric and Precessing Compact Binaries

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Lucy M Thomas

    • LIGO Laboratory, Caltech

  Authors

  • Lucy M Thomas

    • LIGO Laboratory, Caltech

  • Taylor A Knapp

    • Caltech

  • Sam Johar

    • Amherst College

  • Katerina Chatziioannou

    • Caltech

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• Eccentric binary black holes: A new framework for numerical relativity waveform surrogates

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Eccentric binary black holes: A new framework for numerical relativity waveform surrogates. e-Print: 2510.00106 [gr-qc]

  Presenters

  • Peter James Nee

    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

  Authors

  • Peter James Nee

    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

  • Adhrit Ravichandran

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Scott Field

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Tousif Islam

    • University of California Santa Barbara
    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Harald P Pfeiffer

    • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

  • Vijay Varma

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Michael Boyle

    • Cornell University

  • Andrea Ceja

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Noora Ghadiri

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Lawrence E Kidder

    • Cornell University

  • Prayush Kumar

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Akash Maurya

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Marlo Morales

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Antoni Ramos-Buades

    • Universitat de les Illes Balears

  • Abhishek Ravishankar

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Katie Rink

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Hannes R Rüter

    • Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

  • Mark A Scheel

    • Caltech

  • Md Arif Shaikh

    • Vidyasagar University

  • Daniel Tellez

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Probing Eccentricity of Black Hole Binaries: From Surrogate Modeling to Data Analysis

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Publication: 1. Chase Orbits, not Time: A Scalable Paradigm for Long-Duration Eccentric Gravitational-Wave Surrogates, arXiv:2510.00116 (under review in Physical Review Letters)
  2. Uncovering Eccentricity in Binary Black Hole Gravitational Wave events using ESIGMAHM (planned paper)

  Presenters

  • Akash Maurya

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  Authors

  • Akash Maurya

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Anuj Mishra

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Prayush Kumar

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Scott Field

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Chandra Kant Mishra

    • Indian Institute of Technology Madras

  • Samanwaya Mukherjee

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Peter James Nee

    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

  • Kaushik Paul

    • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Harald P Pfeiffer

    • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

  • Adhrit Ravichandran

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Vijay Varma

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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• High Accuracy Fits for Merger Remnants and Time-Dependent Parameter Surrogates for Eccentric Unequal-Mass Non-Spinning Black-Hole Binaries

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Adhrit Ravichandran

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  Authors

  • Adhrit Ravichandran

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Keefe Mitman

    • Cornell University

  • Peter James Nee

    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics
    • Max Planck Institute For Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

  • Tousif Islam

    • University of California Santa Barbara
    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Vijay Varma

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Scott Field

    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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• SPARTANS: A Catalog of eccentric black hole inspiral to merger waveforms

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Publication: Eccentric binary black hole simulations with numerical relativity
  by Giuseppe Ficarra, Carlos O. Lousto
  Published in: Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 4, 044015 • e-Print: 2409.18728 [gr-qc]

  Presenters

  • Carlos O Lousto

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Carlos O Lousto

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Giuseppe Ficarra

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • University of Calabria

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• Gravitational Wave Amplitudes from High Eccentricity EMRIs

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Diego A Rivera Orona

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Diego A Rivera Orona

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Scott A Hughes

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Late-time tails in eccentric binary black hole coalescence waveforms

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Publication: - Devin R. Becker and Scott A. Hughes. Transition from adiabatic inspiral to plunge for eccentric binaries. Phys.Rev. D, 111:064003, Mar 2025
  - Devin R. Becker, Scott A. Hughes and Gaurav Khanna. No ringdown to rule them all: Sensitivity of late-time eccentric waveforms to initial conditions [in prep]

  Presenters

  • Devin R Becker

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Devin R Becker

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Scott A Hughes

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Gaurav Khanna

    • University of Rhode Island

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