Binary black hole merger waveforms in the extreme mass ratio limit
Abstract
We discuss the transition from quasi-circular inspiral to plunge of a system of two nonrotating black holes of masses m1 and m2 in the extreme mass ratio limit m1m2 (m1+m2)2. In this limit, we compare the merger waveforms obtained by two different methods: a numerical (Regge-Wheeler-Zerilli) one, and an analytical (Effective One Body) one. This is viewed as a contribution to the matching between analytical and numerical methods.
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