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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

Space-based gravitational wave detectors like TianQin or LISA could observe extreme-mass-ratio-inspirals (EMRIs) at millihertz frequencies. The accurate identification of these EMRI signals from the data plays a crucial role in enabling…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-05 Chang-Qing Ye , Hui-Min Fan , Alejandro Torres-Orjuela , Jian-dong Zhang , Yi-Ming Hu

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are among the key targets for future space-based gravitational wave detectors. The gravitational waveforms emitted by EMRIs are highly sensitive to the orbital dynamics of the small compact object, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-08 Soroush Zare , Tao Zhu , Luis M. Nieto , Shuo Lu , Hassan Hassanabadi

Multipole moments are related to the physical properties of compact gravitating objects; therefore, understanding their structure is useful in accessing the nature of compact objects. We look into gravitational wave observables for black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-04 Anirban Saha

The space based interferometer LISA will be capable of detecting the gravitational waves emitted by stellar mass black holes or neutron stars slowly inspiralling into the supermassive black holes found in the centre of most galaxies. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-14 Christopher J. Moore , Alvin J. K. Chua , Jonathan R. Gair

We present an improved numerical kludge waveform model for circular, equatorial EMRIs. The model is based on true Kerr geodesics, augmented by radiative self-force corrections derived from perturbative calculations, and in this paper for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-22 E. A. Huerta , Jonathan R. Gair

The field of gravitational waves is rapidly progressing due to the noticeable advancements in the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors that has enabled the detection prospects of binary black hole mergers. Extreme mass ratio inspiral…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-05 Mostafizur Rahman , Shailesh Kumar , Arpan Bhattacharyya

The advent of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a millimeter-wave very-long baseline interferometric array, has enabled spatially-resolved studies of the sub-horizon-scale structure for a handful of supermassive black holes. Among these,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-05 Avery E. Broderick , Tim Johannsen , Abraham Loeb , Dimitrios Psaltis

The no-hair theorem can be tested in the strong gravity regime by using the top-bottom approach and the bottom-top approach. The non-Kerr spacetime of the later approach is an ideal framework to do the tests in the region very close to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-04 Usman A. Gillani , Rehana Rahim , Khalid Saifullah

We develop approximate ``analytic-kludge" waveforms to describe the inspiral of a stellar-mass compact object into a supermassive compact object in an extreme mass ratio inspiral (EMRI) scenario. The deformability of the supermassive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-22 Tieguang Zi , Peng-Cheng Li

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

Gravitational waves provide a unique probe of the strong-field regime of gravity, offering access to physics beyond the classical black hole paradigm. We explore how space-based observations of extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 Pablo F. Muguruza , Carlos F. Sopuerta

The no-hair theorem characterizes the fundamental nature of black holes in general relativity. This theorem can be tested observationally by measuring the mass and spin of a black hole as well as its quadrupole moment, which may deviate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-24 Tim Johannsen

There is strong observational evidence that almost every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center. It is of fundamental importance to know whether such black holes are described by the standard Kerr solution in General…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-14 Eugeny Babichev , Christos Charmousis , Daniela D. Doneva , Galin N. Gyulchev , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), consisting of a stellar-mass black hole orbiting a supermassive black hole, are among the primary targets for future space-based gravitational wave detectors. By analyzing the emitted gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-24 Li Huang

The measurement of multipole moments of astrophysical objects through gravitational wave (GW) observations provides a novel way to distinguish black holes from other astrophysical objects. This paper studies the gravitational wave radiation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-10 Mostafizur Rahman , Arpan Bhattacharyya

Direct detection of gravitational waves and binary black hole mergers have proven to be remarkable investigations of general relativity. In order to have a definitive answer as to whether the black hole spacetime under test is the Kerr or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-03 Abhishek Chowdhuri , Arpan Bhattacharyya , Shailesh Kumar

Gravitational wave astronomy has opened an unprecedented window onto tests of gravity and fundamental physics in the strong-field regime. In this study, we examine a series of well-motivated deviations from the classical Kerr solution of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-07 Zhe Zhao , Swarnim Shashank , Debtroy Das , Cosimo Bambi

The fundamental process of detecting and examining the polarization modes of gravitational waves plays a pivotal role in enhancing our grasp on the precise mechanisms behind their generation. A thorough investigation is essential for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-16 Shailesh Kumar , Rishabh Kumar Singh , Abhishek Chowdhuri , Arpan Bhattacharyya

Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) constitute a prime target for future space-based gravitational-wave observatories such as LISA. In this paper, we analytically investigate the long-term phase shift (dephasing) in the gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-17 Jingxu Wu , Liangyu Luo , Jie Shi