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Welcome to SXS!

This wiki aims to provide new members at all stages useful resources and advice. Please find the categories below that are useful to you:

I am just getting started in SXS ...

One of the very first things you should do is obtain a black-holes.org email account. You will need this to join SXS meetings and use the SXS Slack. Email Larry Kidder in order to obtain one.

Once you have your email, you should join the SXS Slack, which will put you in touch with most of the researchers in SXS. You can also find the researchers in the SXS Personnel Directory.

We have many weekly telecons, so it is useful to check out the SXS Meetings (if you are just starting out, the SXS Group Meeting is nice to attend).

To use and contribute to SXS codes, you will need to join the SXS Github group.

• SXS Slack
• SXS Personnel Directory
• SXS Meetings
• SXS Github
• Inclusion and diversity within SXS

I want to learn about ...

• General Relativity
• Numerical Relativity
• LIGO and Waveforms

I want to use or help develop ...

• The SXS Catalog of binary waveforms
• SpEC for simulating spacetimes (including merging BH and NS)
• SpECTRE for simulating spacetimes (presently in development!)
• scri for analyzing waveforms
• qnm for computing quasi-normal modes
• Surrogate models to quickly produce gravitational waveforms

I want to meet up with other SXS people ...

• Conferences

I have a concern within SXS ...

• Please contact the SXS ombudsperson or student/postdoc advocate - everything is confidential and we will work with you to resolve the concern / improve SXS.

I want advice ...

• SXS alumni
• Womxn and POC in SXS

Please contribute to this wiki, or contact Maria (Masha) Okounkova with suggestions!