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Tools & data

26 packages, organised by the physics they solve. Each installs independently — pick what you need.

26 tools

FastEMRIWaveforms

Python

Fast, accurate EMRI waveforms on both CPUs and GPUs

Stable EMRI

pip install fastemriwaveforms

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WaSABI

Mathematica

Waveforms from self-force theory and SF-PN hybrids

Stable EMRI

PacletInstall["WaSABI"]

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BHPTNRSurrogate

Python

Surrogate waveform models trained on perturbation theory, calibrated to NR

Stable surrogate

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Teukolsky

Mathematica

Solutions to the Teukolsky equation for perturbations of Kerr

Stable Teukolsky

PacletInstall["Teukolsky"]

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ReggeWheeler

Mathematica

Solutions to the Regge-Wheeler equation for Schwarzschild perturbations

Beta Regge-Wheeler

PacletInstall["ReggeWheeler"]

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pybhpt

Python

A python package for solving problems in black hole perturbation theory.

Stable Teukolsky

pip install pybhpt

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Gremlin

C/C++

Solve the Teukolsky equation with a point-particle source

Stable Teukolsky

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h1Lorenz

C/C++

First-order metric perturbation in the Lorenz gauge

Stable self-force

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qnm

Python

Kerr QNM frequencies and spherical-spheroidal mixing coefficients

Stable QNM

pip install qnm

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QNM

Mathematica

Quasinormal modes in Schwarzschild and Kerr spacetime

Beta QNM

PacletInstall["QNM"]

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Spin-Weighted Spheroidal Harmonics

Mathematica

Spin-weighted spheroidal harmonics and their eigenvalues

Stable harmonics

PacletInstall["SpinWeightedSpheroidalHarmonics"]

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KerrGeodesics

Mathematica

Bound timelike geodesics about a Kerr black hole

Stable geodesics

PacletInstall["KerrGeodesics"]

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KerrGeoPy

Python

Timelike geodesics in the Kerr spacetime

Stable geodesics

pip install kerrgeopy

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kerrgeodesic_gw

SageMath

Gravitational waves from a circular orbit about a Kerr black hole

Stable geodesics

sage -pip install kerrgeodesic_gw

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Fast Self-Forced Inspirals

C/C++

Self-force inspirals via near-identity transformed equations of motion

Stable self-force

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SelfForce-1D

Fortran

Effective-source EMRI simulation infrastructure in the time domain

Beta self-force

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Punctures

Mathematica

Metric perturbation punctures for first- and second-order self-force

Stable self-force

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RegularizationParameters

Mathematica

Regularization parameters for the regular field at the particle

Beta regularization

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PerturbationEquations

Mathematica

First- and second-order Einstein and Teukolsky equations in Schwarzschild

Stable second-order

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SecondOrderRicci

C/C++

Modes of the second-order Ricci tensor

Stable second-order

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GeneralRelativityTensors

Mathematica

Coordinate-based tensor calculations with a focus on black holes

Stable tensors

PacletInstall["GeneralRelativityTensors"]

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TInvar

Mathematica

Canonicalization of expressions involving the Riemann tensor

Stable tensors

PacletInstall["TInvar"]

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PostNewtonian-SelfForce

Mathematica

High-order PN series at linear order in the mass ratio, with a loader

Data post-Newtonian

PacletInstall["PostNewtonianSelfForce"]

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CircularOrbitSelfForceData

Data

Fluxes and self-force quantities for circular orbits

Data fluxes

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EMRI Kludge Suite

C/C++

Kludge waveforms for generic extreme mass-ratio inspirals into Kerr

Deprecated EMRI

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EMRISurrogate

Python

Surrogate waveforms for non-spinning EMRIs; superseded by BHPTNRSurrogate

Deprecated surrogate

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Looking for large datasets? Big result sets live in the BHPToolkit Zenodo community. Smaller datasets and their loaders are listed above under Data repositories.