Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aps..4cf.e1003a&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section of the APS, October 15-16, 2010, abstract #E1.003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Gravitational wave astronomy is a new observational tool that will further our understanding of the Cosmos. Virtually everything we know about the Cosmos has been learned through observations of light; gravitational waves are a fundamentally different spectrum that can be used to learn about distant astrophysical systems. Einstein's theory of General Relativity predicts the existence of gravitational waves, and it is well known that stellar-mass compact object binaries will be among the most abundant and easily detectable sources. Gravitational waves from binary systems have not yet been directly detected, however the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission is expected to detect such systems with ease. Previous analytic studies of stellar mass binaries interacting with a supermassive black hole have predicted a population of stars that spiral into the black hole along nearly circular orbits by the time they enter the LISA detection band. This research explores the three body interaction of a supermassive black hole with a stellar mass binary though numerical simulations. Using direct integration of the gravitational interactions, we are Monte Carlo simulating the black hole - binary interaction to statistically characterize the end state given arbitrary initial conditions.
Addison Eric
Larson Shane
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