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For the strain data, the complex strain \( h = h_{+} - i h_\times \) evaluated at \( ( \mathbf{\iota}, \pi/2 - \mathbf{\phi_{ref}}) \), on the sky of the reference frame is returned.
For the \(h_{lm} \) mode data, the strain is expressed as sum of spin-weighted spherical harmonic modes, \( h(t, \iota, \phi_0) \, = \sum_{l=2}^{\infty} \sum_{m=-l}^{l} \, h_{lm}(t) \, \sideset{_{-2}}{_{lm}} Y(\iota, \phi_0) \)
q | : Mass ratio, \( \frac{m_A}{m_B} \ge 1 \) , here \( m_A\) is the mass of the heavier BH and \( m_B\) is the mass of the lighter BH |
\( \chi_{A} \) | : Initial dimensionless spin vector of the heavier black hole. |
\( \chi_{B} \) | : Initial dimensionless spin vector of the lighter black hole. |
\( \mathbf{\iota} \) | : Initial inclination angle between the orbital angular momentum direction and the line-of-sight to the observer. |
\( \mathbf{\phi_{ref}} \) | : Initial azimuthal angle on the sky of the source frame following the LAL convention. |
\( (\ell,m) \) | : Indicate the spin-weighted spherical harmonic mode coefficients in the expansion of \( h(t, \iota, \phi_0) \, \) |
f_low = 0 : This input in the NR7dq4 surrogate model implies that the entire waveform is returned.
times = np.arange(-4299,99,1) : This input in the NR7dq4 surrogate model fixes the time samples chosen for the waveforms.
video_length = 20 sec : Downloaded videos are 20 seconds long.
video_fps = 24 : Downloaded videos have 24 fps.
video_width = 1500 px : Downloaded videos have width of 1500px.
video_height = 700 px : Downloaded videos have height of 700px.
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