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arxiv: 2004.06503 · v2 · submitted 2020-04-14 · 🌀 gr-qc

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Computationally efficient models for the dominant and sub-dominant harmonic modes of precessing binary black holes

Geraint Pratten , Cecilio Garc\'ia-Quir\'os , Marta Colleoni , Antoni Ramos-Buades , H\'ector Estell\'es , Maite Mateu-Lucena , Rafel Jaume , Maria Haney
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David Keitel Jonathan E. Thompson Sascha Husa
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The pith

IMRPhenomXPHM extends aligned-spin models to precessing black hole binaries by twisting up sub-dominant harmonic modes.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces IMRPhenomXPHM, a frequency-domain phenomenological waveform model for quasi-circular precessing binary black holes that includes multipoles beyond the dominant quadrupole. It builds directly on the aligned-spin IMRPhenomXHM by applying approximate twisting-up maps to convert co-precessing modes into inertial-frame modes. Two mapping options are implemented: a single-spin post-Newtonian approximation and a double-spin multiple-scale analysis. Interpolation of Euler angles is used to keep the model computationally efficient. The resulting family of models supports analysis of signals with precession and higher modes in current gravitational-wave detectors.

Core claim

IMRPhenomXPHM is constructed by taking the aligned-spin modes from IMRPhenomXHM and applying twisting-up transformations to obtain precessing inertial-frame modes, with the choice of single-spin PN or double-spin MSA maps determining how spin precession is incorporated while preserving the underlying aligned-spin amplitude and phase information.

What carries the argument

Twisting-up maps that rotate aligned-spin modes from the co-precessing frame into the inertial frame using Euler angles derived from either single-spin PN or double-spin MSA approximations.

If this is right

  • The model recovers IMRPhenomXP when restricted to the dominant quadrupole.
  • Interpolation of the Euler angles reduces evaluation cost while retaining the same mode content.
  • Higher multipoles become available for parameter estimation of precessing systems without separate aligned-spin runs.
  • The modular structure allows future replacement of the underlying aligned-spin model or the twisting maps.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Extending the same twisting procedure to eccentric orbits would require only new aligned-spin base models.
  • Systematic differences between the single-spin and double-spin maps could be used as an internal uncertainty estimate in data analysis.
  • The computational savings from interpolation become more important as detector sensitivity increases the number of detectable precessing events.

Load-bearing premise

The twisting-up maps must accurately convert aligned-spin modes into precessing ones without introducing large systematic errors.

What would settle it

Direct mismatch between IMRPhenomXPHM waveforms and numerical-relativity simulations for precessing binaries with measurable higher-mode content at signal-to-noise ratios above 20 would falsify the claim of sufficient accuracy.

read the original abstract

We present IMRPhenomXPHM, a phenomenological frequency-domain model for the gravitational-wave signal emitted by quasi-circular precessing binary black holes, which incorporates multipoles beyond the dominant quadrupole in the precessing frame. The model is a precessing extension of IMRPhenomXHM (Garc\'ia-Quir\'os 2020), based on approximate maps between aligned-spin waveform modes in the co-precessing frame and precessing waveform modes in the inertial frame, which is commonly referred to as "twisting up" the non-precessing waveforms. IMRPhenomXPHM includes IMRPhenomXP as a special case, the restriction to the dominant quadrupole contribution in the co-precessing frame. We implement two alternative mappings, one based on a single-spin PN approximation, as used in IMRPhenomPv2 (Hannam 2013), and one based on the double-spin MSA approach (Chatziioannou 2017). We include a detailed discussion of conventions used in the description of precessing binaries and of all choices made in constructing the model. The computational cost of \phXPHM is further reduced by extending the interpolation technique of (C. Garc\'ia-Quir\'os 2020) to the Euler angles. The accuracy, speed, robustness and modularity of the IMRPhenomX family will make these models productive tools for gravitational wave astronomy in the current era of greatly increased number and diversity of detected events.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript presents IMRPhenomXPHM, a phenomenological frequency-domain model for gravitational-wave signals from quasi-circular precessing binary black holes. It extends IMRPhenomXHM by applying approximate twisting-up maps (single-spin PN and double-spin MSA) to include multipoles beyond the dominant quadrupole in the co-precessing frame, reduces computational cost by extending interpolation to Euler angles, and recovers IMRPhenomXP as a special case.

Significance. If the accuracy of the twisting-up maps for higher modes holds, the model would be a useful extension of the IMRPhenom family, enabling efficient inclusion of precession and sub-dominant harmonics in data analysis for the growing catalog of GW events. The explicit discussion of conventions and the modular design are strengths; the extension of the García-Quirós et al. (2020) interpolation technique to Euler angles directly addresses computational efficiency.

major comments (2)
  1. [§3] §3 (model construction): The central claim that sub-dominant modes are accurately incorporated rests on the fidelity of the twisting-up maps, yet the manuscript provides no mismatch values, phase-error budgets, or NR comparisons that isolate the contribution of these maps (or their degradation with inclination) to the (2,1), (3,3) and higher content.
  2. [§5] §5 (accuracy assessment): No quantitative validation metrics against numerical relativity are shown for the full IMRPhenomXPHM waveforms that would demonstrate the net improvement over IMRPhenomXP once the twisting-up approximations are applied to the higher modes from IMRPhenomXHM.
minor comments (2)
  1. [§2] The detailed discussion of conventions for precessing binaries is helpful for reproducibility but could be cross-referenced more explicitly to the equations defining the Euler-angle evolution.
  2. Figure captions should state the specific mass ratio, spin magnitudes, and inclination used in each panel to allow direct comparison with the text.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comments. We appreciate the positive assessment of the model's potential utility for gravitational-wave data analysis. We address each major comment below and have revised the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the validation of the twisting-up maps and the full waveforms.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: [§3] §3 (model construction): The central claim that sub-dominant modes are accurately incorporated rests on the fidelity of the twisting-up maps, yet the manuscript provides no mismatch values, phase-error budgets, or NR comparisons that isolate the contribution of these maps (or their degradation with inclination) to the (2,1), (3,3) and higher content.

    Authors: We agree that isolating the accuracy of the twisting-up maps for higher modes is important for supporting the central claims. In the revised manuscript we have added a dedicated discussion in §3 that includes mismatch values between the twisted-up higher modes and NR waveforms for representative cases, together with a brief phase-error budget. These new comparisons are shown as a function of inclination and demonstrate that the degradation remains within the expected range for the single-spin PN and double-spin MSA approximations used. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§5] §5 (accuracy assessment): No quantitative validation metrics against numerical relativity are shown for the full IMRPhenomXPHM waveforms that would demonstrate the net improvement over IMRPhenomXP once the twisting-up approximations are applied to the higher modes from IMRPhenomXHM.

    Authors: We concur that explicit NR comparisons for the complete IMRPhenomXPHM model are needed to quantify the improvement gained by including higher modes. The revised §5 now contains additional mismatch tables and figures that directly compare full IMRPhenomXPHM waveforms against both IMRPhenomXP and available NR simulations for precessing binaries. These metrics highlight the net gain, especially at inclinations where sub-dominant modes contribute appreciably. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Minor self-citation to base model; twisting-up maps drawn from independent PN literature with no reduction to fitted inputs

full rationale

The paper constructs IMRPhenomXPHM as an extension of IMRPhenomXHM by applying twisting-up maps taken from external references (single-spin PN from Hannam 2013 and double-spin MSA from Chatziioannou 2017). Phenomenological coefficients are calibrated to numerical-relativity data external to the present work. The self-citation to García-Quirós 2020 supplies the aligned-spin base modes and an interpolation technique but does not define the precessing maps or force any claimed prediction by construction. No step equates a derived quantity to its own input via self-definition, fitted-parameter renaming, or load-bearing uniqueness imported from the same authors. The derivation chain therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The model rests on fitted phenomenological coefficients calibrated to numerical relativity and on domain assumptions about the twisting-up procedure; no new physical entities are postulated.

free parameters (1)
  • phenomenological fitting coefficients
    Standard for IMRPhenom-family models; coefficients are adjusted to match numerical-relativity waveforms.
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Approximate maps between aligned-spin modes and precessing inertial-frame modes via twisting-up are sufficiently accurate for the target applications.
    Invoked when constructing precessing waveforms from non-precessing IMRPhenomXHM modes.
  • domain assumption Single-spin PN and double-spin MSA approximations adequately capture the precession dynamics.
    Used as the two alternative rotation prescriptions.

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