Astrophysics of extreme mass ratio inspiral sources

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2006-08-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608460v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Invited contribution to the 6th International LISA Symposium

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2405050

Compact remnants on orbits with peri-apses close to the Schwarzschild radius of a massive black hole (MBH) lose orbital energy by emitting gravitational waves (GWs) and spiral in. Scattering with other stars allows successful inspiral of such extreme mass ratio inspiral sources (EMRIs) only within small distances, a < few \times 0.01 pc from the MBH. The event rate of EMRIs is therefore dominated by the stellar dynamics and content in the inner few \times 0.01 pc. I discuss the relevant dynamical aspects and resulting estimated event rates of EMRIs. Subjects considered include the loss-cone treatment of inspiral sources; mass segregation; resonant relaxation; and alternative routes to EMRI formation such as tidal binary disruptions, stellar formation in disks and tidal capture of massive main sequence stars. The EMRI event rate is estimated to be of order few \times 10^2/Gyr per MBH, giving excellent prospects for observation by LISA.

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