Measuring gravitational waves from binary black hole coalescences. I. Signal to noise for inspiral, merger, and ringdown
Measuring gravitational waves from binary black hole coalescences. I. Signal to noise for inspiral, merger, and ringdown
We estimate the expected signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) from the three phases (inspiral, merger, and ringdown) of coalescing binary black holes (BBHs) for initial and advanced ground-based interferometers (LIGO-VIRGO) and for the space-based interferometer LISA. Ground-based interferometers can do moderate SNR (a few tens), moderate accuracy studies of BBH coalescences in …