Can We Detect Intermediate-mass-ratio Inspirals with LISA?

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Jan 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21344903m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #449.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.340

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Gravitational waves emitted during intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals (IMRIs) of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) into supermassive black holes could represent a very interesting source for LISA. Similarly, IMRIs of stellar-mass compact objects into IMBHs could be detectable by Advanced LIGO. At present, however, it is not clear what waveforms could be used for IMRI detection, since the post-Newtonian approximation breaks down as an IMRI approaches the innermost stable circular orbit, and the perturbative solution is only known to the lowest order in the mass ratio. We discuss the expected mismatches between approximate and true waveforms, and the choice of the best available waveform as a function of the mass ratio and the total mass of the system. We also comment on the significance of the spin of the smaller body and the need for its inclusion in the waveforms.
This research is partially supported by NASA ATP Grant NNX07AH22G to Northwestern University.

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