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Compact binaries inspiralling along eccentric orbits are plausible gravitational wave (GW) sources for the ground-based laser interferometers. We explore the losses in the event rates incurred when searching for GWs from compact binaries…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Tessmer , A. Gopakumar

We present a new approach to solve the 2+1 Teukolsky equation for gravitational perturbations of a Kerr black hole. Our approach relies on a new horizon penetrating, hyperboloidal foliation of Kerr spacetime and spatial compactification. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-26 Enno Harms , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Alessandro Nagar , Anil Zenginoglu

We examine extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs), where a charged compact object spirals into a supermassive black hole, in modified gravity theories with additional scalar or vector fields. Using the Teukolsky and generalized…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-25 Chao Zhang , Yungui Gong

We extend our previous Schwarzschild metric-based studies of gravitational--electromagnetic (GEM) coupling to rotating black holes by working directly in a curvature-based Newman--Penrose/Teukolsky framework on Kerr spacetime. Within a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-26 Fawzi Aly , Dejan Stojkovic

Observations of gravitational-wave signals emitted by compact binary inspirals provide unique insights into their properties, but their analysis requires accurate and efficient waveform models. Intermediate- and extreme-mass-ratio inspirals…

Binary black hole mergers with asymmetric component masses are key targets for both third-generation ground-based and future space-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, offering unique access to the strong-field dynamics of gravity. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-17 Daiki Watarai , Kent Yagi , Shammi Tahura

Extreme-mass-ratio inspiral (EMRI) signals pose significant challenges in gravitational wave (GW) astronomy owing to their low-frequency nature and highly complex waveforms, which occupy a high-dimensional parameter space with numerous…

This work elaborates on a detailed analysis of the novel characteristics of gravitational waves (GWs) generated by extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) within the framework of modified gravity (MOG). Our study begins by exploring the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-20 Xiongying Qiao , Zhong-Wu Xia , Qiyuan Pan , Hong Guo , Wei-Liang Qian , Jiliang Jing

The detection of the gravitational waves emitted in the capture process of a compact object by a massive black hole is known as an extreme-mass ratio inspiral (EMRI) and represents a unique probe of gravity in the strong regime and is one…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-03 Pau Amaro-Seoane

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), consisting of a massive black hole and a stellar compact object, are one of the most important sources for space-borne gravitational wave detectors like TianQin. Their population study can be used to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-08 Hui-Min Fan , Xiang-Yu Lyu , Jian-dong Zhang , Yi-Ming Hu , Rong-Jia Yang , Tai-Fu Feng

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), namely binary systems composed of a massive black hole and a compact stellar-mass object, are anticipated to be among the gravitational wave (GW) sources detected by the Laser Interferometer Space…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-23 Chang Liu , Danny Laghi , Nicola Tamanini

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals, in which a stellar-mass compact object spirals into a supermassive black hole, are prime candidates for detection with space-borne milliHertz gravitational wave detectors, similar to the Laser Interferometer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-15 Jonathan R. Gair , Nicolas Yunes

The future space-based gravitational wave observatories are expected to provide unprecedented opportunities to explore intricate characteristics of black hole binaries, particularly for extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), in which a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-24 Tieguang Zi , Shailesh Kumar

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are long-duration gravitational-wave sources in which a compact object gradually spirals into a massive black hole. Their formation is governed by the interplay between stochastic angular-momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-11 Chen Feng , Yong Tang

We derive gravitational waveforms needed to compute the 14th post-Newtonian (14PN) order energy flux for a particle in circular orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole, i.e. $v^{28}$ beyond the leading Newtonian approximation where $v$ is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-28 Ryuichi Fujita

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals are among the key sources of gravitational waves for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna space-based gravitational-wave detector. Achieving sufficient accuracy in the gravitational-wave template for these…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-14 Gabriel Andres Piovano , Christiana Pantelidou , Jake Mac Uilliam , Vojtěch Witzany

Gravitational waves (GWs) provide a unique opportunity to test General Relativity (GR) in the highly dynamical, strong-field regime. So far, the majority of the tests of GR with GW signals have been carried out following parametrized,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-17 Félix-Louis Julié , Lorenzo Pompili , Alessandra Buonanno

We calculate the gravitational perturbations produced by a small mass in eccentric orbit about a much more massive Schwarzschild black hole and use the numerically computed perturbations to solve for the metric. The calculations are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-23 Seth Hopper , Charles R. Evans

Future gravitational wave observatories open a unique avenue to study the environments surrounding black holes. Intermediate or extreme mass ratio inspirals will spend thousands to millions of cycles in the sensitivity range of detectors,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-20 Conor Dyson , Thomas F. M. Spieksma , Richard Brito , Maarten van de Meent , Sam Dolan

In this work we analyze some judiciously chosen solutions of Kerr Black Holes with Scalar Hair (KBHsSH) of special interest for Gravitational Wave (GW) events originated from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs). Because of the off-center…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-21 Lucas G. Collodel , Daniela D. Doneva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev