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    Ajith, P; Hannam, M; Husa, S; Chen, Y; Brügmann, B; Dorband, N; Müller, D; Ohme, F; Pollney, D; Reisswig, C; Santamaría, L; Seiler, J

    Physical review letters, 2011-Jun-17, Letnik: 106, Številka: 24
    Journal Article

    We present the first analytical inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveforms from binary black holes (BBHs) with nonprecessing spins, that is based on a description of the late-inspiral, merger and ringdown in full general relativity. By matching a post-Newtonian description of the inspiral to a set of numerical-relativity simulations, we obtain a waveform family with a conveniently small number of physical parameters. These waveforms will allow us to detect a larger parameter space of BBH coalescence, including a considerable fraction of precessing binaries in the comparable-mass regime, thus significantly improving the expected detection rates.