Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #404.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.227
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs), during which a stellar-mass compact object in close orbit around a supermassive black hole gradually loses energy and angular momentum through the emission of gravitational radiation, are likely to be key sources of long-wavelength gravitational waves. Because the expected wavelengths fall in the band to which the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna will be most sensitive, these events should be detectable and thus provide a probe of the strong-field limit of gravity. Despite many years of study of EMRIs, there exist key uncertainties in relevant processes such as resonant relaxation. We present preliminary simulations of the center of a typical galaxy using a tree N-body code, and discuss the implications of our results for resonant relaxation in relativistic gravity.
This work was funded in part by NASA grant NNX08AH29G.
Gill Michael
Miller Matthew
Richardson Dean
Trenti Michele
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