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Update TF2 tidal

Description

This update is about the fixed/completed mass quadrupole terms contributing to the tidal phase in TaylorF2.

A summary of the changes to LALSimInspiralPNCoefficients.c is the following:

  • Complete 7PN terms by equation (4) of : Tatsuya Narikawa, Nami Uchikata, Takahiro Tanaka, Phys. Rev. D 104, 084056 (2021), arXiv:2106.09193.
  • Corrected 7.5PN terms by equation (4) of : Tatsuya Narikawa, Nami Uchikata, Takahiro Tanaka, Phys. Rev. D 104, 084056 (2021), arXiv:2106.09193.

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Review Status

This review has been completed, https://git.ligo.org/waveforms/reviews/taylorf2_mass_quadrupole_7p5PN/-/wikis/home

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