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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The first terrestrial observation of gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO heralds an era of gravitational-wave astronomy. Binary systems of compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, are the primary sources targeted by these observatories. While Numerical Relativity (NR) has already been instrumental in shaping gravitational-wave searches, the concurrent discovery of "heavy" black hole binaries (masses ~ 30-35 Msuns) by Advanced LIGO opens up new avenues for its application to future searches. In this talk, I will discuss results from recent LIGO-Virgo searches; highlight the involvement of NR so far, and discuss some prospective NR applications to future binary black hole observations.
