Intermediate and Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals -- Astrophysics, Science Applications and Detection using LISA
@article{AmaroSeoane2007IntermediateAE, title={Intermediate and Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals -- Astrophysics, Science Applications and Detection using LISA}, author={Pau Amaro-Seoane and Jonathan R. Gair and Marc Dewi Freitag and M. Coleman Miller and Ilya Mandel and C. Cutler and Stanislav Babak}, journal={Classical and Quantum Gravity}, year={2007}, volume={24} }
Black hole binaries with extreme (gtrsim104:1) or intermediate (~102–104:1) mass ratios are among the most interesting gravitational wave sources that are expected to be detected by the proposed laser interferometer space antenna (LISA). These sources have the potential to tell us much about astrophysics, but are also of unique importance for testing aspects of the general theory of relativity in the strong field regime. Here we discuss these sources from the perspectives of astrophysics, data…
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