GWtool is a set of simple command-line tools to deal with gravitational waves. GWtool is available for free under the conditions of the GPL v.3.

See Also: These pages contain the documentation for GWtool, created by Doxygen. For the GWtool home page, see: http://gwtool.sf.net

Programs

gw_coalescence_pmax: Calculates the maximum initial period that can coalesce within a certain time
gw_coalescence_time: Calculates the time needed to reach a certain Porb (default 0) using gravitational-wave evolution
gw_coalescence_time_from_f0: Calculates time of coalescence for a LIGO binary from certain frequency f0
gw_eta2q: Compute the symmetric mass ratio η from the asymmetric mass ratio q
gw_final_period: Calculates the orbital period of a detached stellar binary after a given time of GW evolution
gw_isco: Calculates isco properties for a black hole with given mass and spin
gw_ligo_mcmc_injection: Create an inspiral injection xml to use for lalinference_mcmc
gw_ligo_xml2screen: Print the contents of a LIGO/Virgo injection.xml file to screen
gw_m1m2-mceta: Compute chirp mass and symmetric mass ratio from the individual masses
gw_match_wfs: Match two time-domain waveforms in specified files
gw_mceta-m1m2: Convert the chirp mass and symmetric mass ratio to individual masses
gw_q2eta: Compute the symmetric mass ratio η from the asymmetric mass ratio q