About This Page:
Laptop and phone speakers may not be able to produce lower frequencies. Headphones and Google Chrome are recommended. Plots
are dynamically generated in JavaScript using approximate equations. These equations do not feature the ringdown period after the merger.
Credit:
Created by Kevin Johansmeyer
Project advised by Dr. Marc Favata
wav.js audio package created by Todd Weisse
wave-resampler.js audio package created by Rafael da Silva Rocha
Plotly.js used to contruct plots
Description of Parameters:
Alpha is a constant [0,1] that adds a higher-harmonic to the signal.
Mass #1 and Mass #2 are the masses of the two celestial bodies (black holes/neutron stars) in terms of solar masses.
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