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Scientific analysis for the gravitational-wave detector LISA will require theoretical waveforms from extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) that extensively cover all possible orbital and spin configurations around astrophysical Kerr black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-22 Soichiro Isoyama , Ryuichi Fujita , Alvin J. K. Chua , Hiroyuki Nakano , Adam Pound , Norichika Sago

Black hole binaries with extreme ($\gtrsim 10^4:1$) or intermediate ($\sim 10^2-10^4:1$) mass ratios are among the most interesting gravitational wave sources that are expected to be detected by the proposed Laser Interferometer Space…

Measuring accurate long-duration gravitational waves from extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) could provide scientifically fruitful knowledge of massive black hole populations and robust tests for general relatively during the LISA…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-09 Charles Badger , José A. Font , Mairi Sakellariadou , Alejandro Torres-Forné

The low-energy effective action of String Theory introduces corrections to the dilaton-graviton sector, resulting in deformed black holes beyond general relativity. We analyze extreme mass-ratio inspiral systems (EMRIs), where a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-29 Chao Zhang , Guoyang Fu , Yungui Gong

We explicitly demonstrate that current numerical relativity techniques are able to accurately evolve black hole binaries with mass ratios of the order of 1000:1. This proof of principle is relevant for future third generation (3G)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-19 Carlos O. Lousto , James Healy

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), consisting of a secondary (stellar mass) black hole (BH) orbiting around a supermassive BH, are one of the primary targets for future spaceborne gravitational wave (GW) detectors. The spin of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-23 Qiuxin Cui , Wen-Biao Han , Zhen Pan

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed third generation ground-based interferometer, for which the target is a sensitivity that is a factor of ten better than Advanced LIGO and a frequency range that extends down to about 1Hz. ET will…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-18 E. A. Huerta , Jonathan R. Gair

We explore the precision with which the Einstein Telescope (ET) will be able to measure the parameters of intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals (IMRIs). We calculate the parameter estimation errors using the Fisher Matrix formalism and present…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-17 E. A. Huerta , Jonathan R. Gair

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals are crucial sources for future space-based gravitational wave detections. Gravitational waveforms emitted by extreme mass-ratio inspirals are closely related to the orbital dynamics of small celestial objects,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-08 Sen Yang , Yu-Peng Zhang , Tao Zhu , Li Zhao , Yu-Xiao Liu

There is increasing evidence that many galaxies host both a nuclear star cluster (NC) and a super-massive black hole (SMBH). Their coexistence is particularly prevalent in spheroids with stellar mass 10^8-10^10 solar masses. We study the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Mapelli , E. Ripamonti , A. Vecchio , Alister W. Graham , A. Gualandris

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…

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, LISA, will detect gravitational wave signals from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals, where a stellar mass compact object orbits a supermassive black hole and eventually plunges into it. Here we report on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-16 Andrea Maselli , Nicola Franchini , Leonardo Gualtieri , Thomas P. Sotiriou , Susanna Barsanti , Paolo Pani

Extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are excellent sources for space-based observatories to explore the properties of black holes and test no-hair theorems. We consider EMRIs with a charged compact object inspiralling onto a Kerr black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-29 Chao Zhang , Hong Guo , Yungui Gong , Bin Wang

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are the most potential sources detectable by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). To analyze the influence of higher harmonics on parameter estimation for EMRIs efficiently, we use the waveform…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-31 Chao Zhang , Ning Dai , Dicong Liang

We construct effective-one-body waveform models suitable for data analysis with LISA for extreme-mass ratio inspirals in quasi-circular, equatorial orbits about a spinning supermassive black hole. The accuracy of our model is established…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-03-23 Nicolas Yunes , Alessandra Buonanno , Scott A. Hughes , Yi Pan , Enrico Barausse , M. Coleman Miller , William Throwe

We study binary systems in which a stellar mass compact object spirals into a massive black hole, known as extreme mass ratio inspirals, in scenarios with a new fundamental scalar field. Earlier work has shown that, in most interesting such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-15 Susanna Barsanti , Nicola Franchini , Leonardo Gualtieri , Andrea Maselli , Thomas P. Sotiriou

We use the ASTRID cosmological simulation to forecast massive black hole (MBH) mergers detectable by Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) down to $z=0$. ASTRID directly models MBH dynamical friction, allowing a realistic tracking of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-11 Bonny Y. Wang , Yihao Zhou , William Chen , Nianyi Chen , Tiziana Di Matteo , Rupert Croft , Simeon Bird , Yueying Ni

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) carry valuable information about their surrounding astrophysical environments. Over the course of their long-term evolution, interactions between the secondary object and the accretion disk can produce…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 Jian-Dong Liu , Wen-Biao Han , Hiromichi Tagawa

We study extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) due to an infalling Light Compact Object (LCO) onto a generic class of stationary and axi-symmetric massive compact objects (MCO - with or without a horizon). Using the quadrupole hybrid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-29 Jorge F. M. Delgado , Carlos A. R. Herdeiro , Eugen Radu

Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) are one of the key sources for future space-based gravitational wave interferometers. Measurements of EMRI gravitational waves are expected to determine the characteristics of their sources with…