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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, gr-qc
Abstract:
This document describes the new Numerical Relativity (NR) injection
infrastructure in the LIGO Algorithms Library (LAL), which henceforth allows
for the usage of NR waveforms as a discrete waveform approximant in LAL. With
this new interface, NR waveforms provided in the described format can directly
be used as simulated GW signals ("injections") for data analyses, which include
parameter estimation, searches, hardware injections etc. As opposed to the
previous infrastructure, this new interface natively handles sub-dominant modes
and waveforms from numerical simulations of precessing binary black holes,
making them directly accessible to LIGO analyses. To correctly handle
precessing simulations, the new NR injection infrastructure internally
transforms the NR data into the coordinate frame convention used in LAL.
