surrkick: Black-hole kicks from numerical-relativity surrogate models
Abstract
surrkick quickly and reliably extract recoils imparted to generic, precessing, black hole binaries. It uses a numerical-relativity surrogate model to obtain the gravitational waveform given a set of binary parameters, and from this waveform directly integrates the gravitational-wave linear momentum flux. This entirely bypasses the need of fitting formulae which are typically used to model black-hole recoils in astrophysical contexts.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- April 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018ascl.soft04016G
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- Software