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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…

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

We investigate extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) around a rotating Hayward black hole to assess the detectability of signatures arising from quantum gravity.The quantum parameter $\alpha_0$, which encodes deviations from general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-10 Dan Zhang , Chao Zhang , Qiyuan Pan , Guoyang Fu , Jian-Pin Wu

Systems consisting of a massive black hole and a stellar-origin compact object (CO), known as extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), are of great significance for space-based gravitational-wave detectors, as they will allow for testing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-06 Hui-Min Fan , Yi-Ming Hu , Enrico Barausse , Alberto Sesana , Jian-dong Zhang , Xuefeng Zhang , Tie-Guang Zi , Jianwei Mei

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…

We describe a simple and efficient Python code to perform Bayesian forecasting for gravitational waves (GW) produced by Extreme-Mass-Ratio-Inspiral systems (EMRIs). The code runs on GPUs for an efficient parallelised computation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-22 Ippocratis D. Saltas , Roberto Oliveri

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

The gravitational capture of a stellar-mass object by a supermassive black hole represents a unique probe of warped spacetime. The small object, typically a stellar-mass black hole, describes a very large number of cycles before crossing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-08 Pau Amaro Seoane , Yiren Lin , Kostas Tzanavaris

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

The direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs) by LIGO has strikingly confirmed general relativity (GR), but testing GR via GWs requires estimating parameterized post-Einsteinian (ppE) deviation parameters in waveform models. Traditional…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-03 Yong-Xin Zhang , Tian-Yang Sun , Chun-Yu Xiong , Song-Tao Liu , Yu-Xin Wang , Shang-Jie Jin , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

Extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) occur when stellar-mass compact objects begin a gravitational wave (GW) driven inspiral into massive black holes. EMRI waveforms can precisely map the surrounding spacetime, making them a key target for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-27 Ismail Qunbar , Nicholas C. Stone

The inspirals of stellar-mass compact objects into supermassive black holes are some of the most exciting sources of gravitational waves for LISA. Detection of these sources using fully coherent matched filtering is computationally…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Linqing Wen , Yanbei Chen , Jonathan Gair

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are promising gravitational-wave (GW) sources for space-based GW detectors. EMRI signals typically have long durations, ranging from several months to several years, necessitating highly accurate GW…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-27 Lu-Jia Xu , Shu-Cheng Yang , Wen-Biao Han , Xing-Yu Zhong , Run-Dong Tang , Yuan-Hao Zhang

Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) can be classified as dry EMRIs and wet EMRIs based on their formation mechanisms. Dry (or the "loss-cone") EMRIs, previously considered as the main EMRI sources for the Laser Interferometer Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-08 Zhen Pan , Zhenwei Lyu , Huan Yang

In the gravitational-wave analysis of pulsar-timing-array datasets, parameter estimation is usually performed using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods to explore posterior probability densities. We introduce an alternative procedure that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-16 Michele Vallisneri , Marco Crisostomi , Aaron D. Johnson , Patrick M. Meyers

Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) could be detected by space-borne gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), TianQin and Taiji. Localizing EMRIs by GW detectors can help us select candidate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-29 Liang-Gui Zhu , Hui-Min Fan , Xian Chen , Yi-Ming Hu , Jian-dong Zhang

Accurate parameter estimation(PE) of gravitational waves(GW) is essential for GW data analysis. In extreme mass-ratio inspiral binary(EMRI) systems, orbital eccentricity is a critical parameter for PE. However, current software for for PE…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-18 Gen-Liang Li , Shu-Jie Zhao , Huai-Ke Guo , Jing-Yu Su , Zhen-Heng Lin

Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) are key observational targets for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. Unresolvable EMRI signals contribute to the formation of a gravitational wave background (GWB). Characterizing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-02 Manuel Piarulli , Riccardo Buscicchio , Federico Pozzoli , Ollie Burke , Matteo Bonetti , Alberto Sesana

Extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are among the primary targets for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). The extreme mass ratios of these systems result in relatively weak GW signals, that can be individually resolved only for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-15 Federico Pozzoli , Stanislav Babak , Alberto Sesana , Matteo Bonetti , Nikolaos Karnesis

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