# Extreme-mass-ratio bursts from the Galactic Centre

@article{Berry2012ExtrememassratioBF,
title={Extreme-mass-ratio bursts from the Galactic Centre},
author={C. Berry and J. Gair},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
year={2012}
}
• Published 2012
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
An extreme-mass-ratio burst (EMRB) is a gravitational wave signal emitted when a compact object passes through periapsis on a highly eccentric orbit about a much more massive body, in our case a stellar mass object about the 4.31 \times 10^6 M_sol massive black hole (MBH) in the Galactic Centre. We investigate how EMRBs could constrain the parameters of the Galaxy's MBH. EMRBs should be detectable if the periapsis is r_p < 65 r_g for a \mu = 10 M_sol orbiting object, where r_g = GM/c^2 is the… Expand

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