GWSurrogate: A Python package for gravitational wave surrogate models
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| author | Field, Scott E. Varma, Vijay Blackman, Jonathan Gadre, Bhooshan Galley, Chad R. Islam, Tousif Mitman, Keefe Pürrer, Michael Ravichandran, Adhrit Scheel, Mark A. Stein, Leo C. Yoo, Jooheon |
| author_facet | Field, Scott E. Varma, Vijay Blackman, Jonathan Gadre, Bhooshan Galley, Chad R. Islam, Tousif Mitman, Keefe Pürrer, Michael Ravichandran, Adhrit Scheel, Mark A. Stein, Leo C. Yoo, Jooheon |
| contents | Fast and accurate waveform models are fundamentally important to modern gravitational wave astrophysics, enabling the study of merging compact objects like black holes and neutron stars. However, generating high-fidelity gravitational waveforms through numerical relativity simulations is computationally intensive, often requiring days to months of computation time on supercomputers. Surrogate models provide a practical solution to dramatically accelerate waveform evaluations (typically tens of milliseconds per evaluation) while retaining the accuracy of computationally expensive simulations. The GWSurrogate Python package provides easy access to these gravitational wave surrogate models through a user-friendly interface. Currently, the package supports 16 surrogate models, each varying in duration, included physical effects (e.g., nonlinear memory, tidal forces, harmonic modes, eccentricity, mass ratio range, precession effects), and underlying solution methods (e.g., Effective One Body, numerical relativity, black hole perturbation theory). GWSurrogate models follow the waveform model conventions used by the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra collaboration, making the package immediately suitable for both theoretical studies and practical gravitational wave data analysis. By enabling rapid and precise waveform generation, GWSurrogate serves as a production-level tool for diverse applications, including parameter estimation, template bank generation, and tests of general relativity. |
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| spellingShingle | GWSurrogate: A Python package for gravitational wave surrogate models Field, Scott E. Varma, Vijay Blackman, Jonathan Gadre, Bhooshan Galley, Chad R. Islam, Tousif Mitman, Keefe Pürrer, Michael Ravichandran, Adhrit Scheel, Mark A. Stein, Leo C. Yoo, Jooheon Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Fast and accurate waveform models are fundamentally important to modern gravitational wave astrophysics, enabling the study of merging compact objects like black holes and neutron stars. However, generating high-fidelity gravitational waveforms through numerical relativity simulations is computationally intensive, often requiring days to months of computation time on supercomputers. Surrogate models provide a practical solution to dramatically accelerate waveform evaluations (typically tens of milliseconds per evaluation) while retaining the accuracy of computationally expensive simulations. The GWSurrogate Python package provides easy access to these gravitational wave surrogate models through a user-friendly interface. Currently, the package supports 16 surrogate models, each varying in duration, included physical effects (e.g., nonlinear memory, tidal forces, harmonic modes, eccentricity, mass ratio range, precession effects), and underlying solution methods (e.g., Effective One Body, numerical relativity, black hole perturbation theory). GWSurrogate models follow the waveform model conventions used by the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra collaboration, making the package immediately suitable for both theoretical studies and practical gravitational wave data analysis. By enabling rapid and precise waveform generation, GWSurrogate serves as a production-level tool for diverse applications, including parameter estimation, template bank generation, and tests of general relativity. |
| title | GWSurrogate: A Python package for gravitational wave surrogate models |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.08839 |