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In this paper we discuss the development of a fast and accurate waveform model for the quasi-circular orbital evolution of extreme-mass-ratio-inspirals (EMRIs). This model simply employs the data of a few numerical Teukoulsky-based energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-23 Wen-Biao Han

The detection of gravitational waves from Extreme mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) by the future space-based gravitational-wave detectors demands the generation of accurate enough waveform templates. Since the spin of the smaller secondary body…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-21 Viktor Skoupý , Georgios Lukes-Gerakopoulos

Extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs), i.e. binary systems comprised by a compact stellar-mass object orbiting a massive black hole, are expected to be among the primary gravitational wave (GW) sources for the forthcoming LISA mission. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Matteo Bonetti , Alberto Sesana

We study extreme mass ratio inspirals occurring in modified gravity, for which the system is modeled by a small compact object with scalar charge spiraling into a supermassive Kerr black hole. Besides the tensorial gravitational waves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-28 Hong Guo , Yunqi Liu , Chao Zhang , Yungui Gong , Wei-Liang Qian , Rui-Hong Yue

I review the status of research, conducted by a variety of independent groups, aimed at the eventual observation of Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) with gravitational wave detectors. EMRIs are binary systems in which one of the objects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Steve Drasco

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are important sources for space-borne gravitational-wave (GW) detectors. Such a source normally consists of a stellar-mass black hole (BH) and a Kerr supermassive BH (SMBH), but recent astrophysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-14 Xian Chen , Zhongfu Zhang

We investigate the orbital dynamics and gravitational wave signatures of neutral Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) in the spacetime of a Kerr black hole immersed in an asymptotically uniform magnetic field, described by the exact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-01 Xiang-Qian Li , Hao-Peng Yan , Xiao-Jun Yue

Detecting individual extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) is a major science goal of future space-based gravitational wave observatories such as Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and TianQin. However, matched-filtering can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-24 Lingyuan Ji , Liang Dai

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

Future space-borne interferometers will be able to detect gravitational waves at $10^{-3}$ to $10^{-1}$ Hz. At this band extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) can be promising gravitational wave sources. In this paper, we investigate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-30 Shuo Xin , Wen-Biao Han , Shu-Cheng Yang

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

We present the first orbit-integrated self force effects on the gravitational waveform for an I(E)MRI source. We consider the quasi-circular motion of a particle in the spacetime of a Schwarzschild black hole and study the dependence of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-11-28 Kristen A. Lackeos , Lior M. Burko

The inspiral of stellar-mass compact objects, like neutron stars or stellar-mass black holes, into supermassive black holes provides a wealth of information about the strong gravitational-field regime via the emission of gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-13 Christopher P. L. Berry , Robert H. Cole , Priscilla Cañizares , Jonathan R. Gair

This paper gives a complete characterization of resonant orbits in a Kerr spacetime. A resonant orbit is defined as a geodesic for which the longitudinal and radial orbital frequencies are commensurate. Our analysis is based on expressing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-08 Jeandrew Brink , Marisa Geyer , Tanja Hinderer

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

An expected source of gravitational waves for future detectors in space are the inspirals of small compact objects into much more massive black holes. These sources have the potential to provide a wealth of information about astronomy and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 Jonathan R Gair , Nicolas Yunes , Carl M Bender

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

A binary extreme-mass-ratio inspiral (b-EMRI) is a hierarchical triple system consisting of a stellar-mass binary black hole (BBH) orbiting a central Kerr supermassive black hole (SMBH). Although predicted by several astrophysical models,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-06 Yucheng Yin , Josh Mathews , Alvin J. K. Chua , Xian Chen

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

Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) are key sources for the future space-based gravitational wave detector LISA, and are considered promising probes of fundamental physics. Here, we present the first complete Bayesian analysis of EMRI…