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We explore the eccentricity measurement threshold of LISA for gravitational waves radiated by massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) with redshifted BH masses $M_z$ in the range $10^{4.5}$-$10^{7.5}~{\rm M}_\odot$ at redshift $z=1$. The…

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We investigate the systematic biases in measuring orbital eccentricity for binary black hole (BBH) mergers that arise when higher-order modes (HOMs) of gravitational waves are neglected in waveform modeling. Using Bayesian inference with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-05 Honglue Tang , Jinzhao Yang , Baoxiang Wang , Tao Yang

The neutron star -- black hole (NSBH) binary GW200105 was recently found to have significant residual orbital eccentricity at a gravitational-wave frequency of 20 Hz~\cite{Morras:2025xfu}. The event was originally identified with moderate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-13 Khun Sang Phukon , Patricia Schmidt , Gonzalo Morras , Geraint Pratten

A design study is currently in progress for a third generation gravitational-wave (GW) detector called Einstein Telescope (ET). An important kind of source for ET will be the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars (BNS) up to $z \sim…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-02 W. Zhao , C. Van Den Broeck , D. Baskaran , T. G. F. Li

The observations of gravitational wave (GW) provide us a new probe to study the universe. GW events can be used as standard sirens if their redshifts are measured. Normally, stardard sirens can be divided into bright/dark sirens according…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-24 Jiming Yu , Zhengyan Liu , Xiaohu Yang , Yu Wang , Pengjie Zhang , Xin Zhang , Wen Zhao

Next-generation (XG) gravitational-wave detectors, such as Cosmic Explorer (CE) and the Einstein Telescope (ET), will observe compact binary coalescences at unprecedented rates and signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). Accurate sky localization of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-15 Francesco Iacovelli , Luca Reali , Emanuele Berti , Alessandra Corsi , B. S. Sathyaprakash , Digvijay Wadekar

Accreting supermassive binary black holes (SMBBHs) are potential targets for multi-messenger astronomy as they emit gravitational waves (GW) while their environment emits electromagnetic (EM) waves. In order to get the most out of a joint…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-04 Raphaël Mignon-Risse , Peggy Varniere , Fabien Casse

The era of gravitational-wave astronomy has started with the discovery of the binary black hole coalescences (BBH) GW150914 and GW151226 by the LIGO instruments. These systems allowed for the first direct measurement of masses and spins of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-05 Salvatore Vitale , Ryan Lynch , Vivien Raymond , Riccardo Sturani , John Veitch , Philp Graff

Recent studies have proposed that GRAVITY+ instrument is able to trace the circular orbit of the subparsec close-binary supermassive black holes (CB-SMBHs) by measuring the photocentre variation of the hot dust emission. However, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-20 Andjelka Kovacevic , Yu-Yang Songsheng , Jian-Min Wang , Luka C. Popovic

Since gravitational and electromagnetic waves from a compact binary coalescence carry independent information about the source, the joint observation is important for understanding the physical mechanisms of the emissions. Rapid detection…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-09 Takuya Tsutsui , Atsushi Nishizawa , Soichiro Morisaki

The ultrahigh frequency emission of gravitational waves by binary systems of black holes has recently been investigated in details in the framework of new experimental ideas around resonant cavities. In this article, we consider the case of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-23 Pierre Jamet , Aurélien Barrau , Killian Martineau

We use the Fisher information matrix to investigate the angular resolution and luminosity distance uncertainty for coalescing binary neutron stars (BNSs) and neutron star-black hole binaries (NSBHs) detected by the third-generation (3G)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Wen Zhao , Linqing Wen

Gravitational wave detectors are formidable tools to explore strong-field gravity, especially black holes and neutron stars. These compact objects are extraordinarily efficient at producing electromagnetic and gravitational radiation. As…

Important scientific discoveries should be backed by high statistical significance. In the 2030s, multiple space-based gravitational wave detectors are expected to operate. While many works aim to achieve quick and reliable detection and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-03 Hong-Yu Chen , En-Kun Li , Yi-Ming Hu

Long baseline atom interferometers offer an exciting opportunity to explore mid-frequency gravitational waves. In this work we survey the landscape of possible contributions to the total 'gravitational wave background' in this frequency…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-17 Hannah Banks , Dorota M. Grabowska , Matthew McCullough

Massive stellar origin black hole binaries (SBHBs), originating from stars above the pair-instability mass gap, are primary candidates for multiband gravitational wave (GW) observations. Here we study the possibility to use them as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Niccolò Muttoni , Alberto Mangiagli , Alberto Sesana , Danny Laghi , Walter Del Pozzo , David Izquierdo-Villalba , Mattia Rosati

We outline the eccentricity evolution of sub-parsec massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) forming in galaxy mergers. In both stellar and gaseous environments, MBHBs are expected to grow large orbital eccentricities before they enter the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Constanze Roedig , Alberto Sesana

We assess the detectability of the gravitational wave signals from highly eccentric compact binaries. We use a simple model for the inspiral, merger, and ringdown of these systems. The model is based on mapping the binary to an effective…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-14 William E. East , Sean T. McWilliams , Janna Levin , Frans Pretorius

If binary intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs; with masses between 100 and $10^4 \Msun$) form in dense stellar clusters, their inspiral will be detectable with the planned Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) out to several Gpc. Here…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Pau Amaro-Seoane , Cole Miller , Marc Freitag

Compact object binaries formed from dynamics interactions will generically have non-zero orbital eccentricity. The gravitational waves from such binaries can change drastically depending on how large the eccentricity is, ranging from…

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