Post-Newtonian Computation of Binary Inspiral Waveforms

TL;DR

This paper develops a post-Newtonian framework to accurately compute gravitational waveforms emitted by inspiraling binary systems, improving the precision of models used in gravitational wave detection.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed post-Newtonian method for calculating binary inspiral waveforms, advancing beyond Newtonian approximations.

Findings

Derived explicit post-Newtonian waveform expressions

Enhanced accuracy in gravitational wave signal modeling

Provided foundational tools for gravitational wave data analysis

Abstract

Contents: I. Introduction; II. Summary of optimal signal filtering; III. Newtonian binary polarization waveforms; IV. Newtonian orbital phase evolution; V. Post-Newtonian wave-generation; VI. Inspiral binary waveform.