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The future space based gravitational wave detector LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) will observe millions of Galactic binaries constantly present in the data stream. A small fraction of this population (of the order of several…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-22 Natalia Korsakova , Stanislav Babak , Michael L. Katz , Nikolaos Karnesis , Sviatoslav Khukhlaev , Jonathan R. Gair

The laser interferometer space antenna (LISA) senses gravitational waves by measuring distance fluctuations between three spacecraft (SC). These measurements rely on precise tracking of a beat note phase that is formed on a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-01 Philipp Euringer , Gerald Hechenblaikner , Alexander Sell , Francis Soualle , Walter Fichter

Dipole-radiation-like deviations from general relativity are most prominent during the early inspiral of compact binaries, making space-ground multiband observations a potential probe of such effects. In the same regime, orbital…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-01 Han Wang , Lijing Shao

The dynamical formation of binary black holes (BBHs) in globular clusters (GCs) may contribute significantly to the observed gravitational wave (GW) merger rate. Furthermore, LISA may detect many BBH sources from GCs at mHz frequencies,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-13 Zeyuan Xuan , Kyle Kremer , Smadar Naoz

We use the Fisher information matrix method to calculate the parameter estimation accuracy of inspiraling supermassive black holes binaries for TianQin, a space-borne laser interferometric detector aimed at detecting gravitational waves in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Wen-Fan Feng , Hai-Tian Wang , Xin-Chun Hu , Yi-Ming Hu , Yan Wang

We investigate the ability of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) to measure the center of mass acceleration of stellar-origin black hole binaries emitting gravitational waves. Our analysis is based on the idea that the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-05 Nicola Tamanini , Antoine Klein , Camille Bonvin , Enrico Barausse , Chiara Caprini

Stellar-mass black hole binaries (BHBs) in galactic nuclei are gravitationally perturbed by the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) of the host galaxy, potentially inducing strong eccentricity oscillations through the eccentric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-21 Alan M. Knee , Jess McIver , Smadar Naoz , Isobel M. Romero-Shaw , Bao-Minh Hoang , Evgeni Grishin

The LIGO gravitational wave (GW) detectors will begin collecting data in 2015, with Virgo following shortly after. The use of squeezing has been proposed as a way to reduce the quantum noise without increasing the laser power, and has been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-24 Ryan Lynch , Salvatore Vitale , Lisa Barsotti , Matthew Evans , Sheila Dwyer

We study parameter estimation of supermassive black holes in the range $10^5-10^8\Ms$ by LISA using the inspiral full post-Newtonian gravitational waveforms, and we compare the results with those arising from the commonly used restricted…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-27 Miquel Trias , Alicia M. Sintes

We present the successful recovery of common envelope ejection efficiency assumed in a simulated population of double white dwarf binaries like those which may be observed by the future LISA mission. We simulate the formation of double…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-27 Vera Delfavero , Katelyn Breivik , Sarah Thiele , Richard O'Shaughnessy , John G. Baker

In order to attain the requisite sensitivity for LISA - a joint space mission of the ESA and NASA- the laser frequency noise must be suppressed below the secondary noises such as the optical path noise, acceleration noise etc. By combining…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 S. V. Dhurandhar , K. Rajesh Nayak , J-Y. Vinet

Variations in the instrumental noise of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) over time are expected as a result of e.g. scheduled satellite operations or unscheduled glitches. We demonstrate that these fluctuations can be leveraged…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-07 James Alvey , Uddipta Bhardwaj , Valerie Domcke , Mauro Pieroni , Christoph Weniger

We study parameter estimation accuracy of nearly monochromatic sources of gravitational waves with the future eLISA-like detectors. eLISA will be capable of observing millions of such signals generated by orbiting pairs of compact binaries…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-30 Arkadiusz Błaut

In this work, we investigate the impact of tidal torques and mass transfer on the population of double white dwarfs (DWDs) that will be observed with LISA. Starting from a distribution of DWDs at formation predicted by numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-11 Alexandre Toubiana , Nikolaos Karnesis , Astrid Lamberts , M. Coleman Miller

We present precise parameters for two compact double white dwarf binaries, SDSS J232230.20+050942.0 (J2322+0509) and SDSS J063449.92+380352.2 (J0634+3803), with orbital periods of 20 and 26.5 minutes, respectively. These systems will serve…

The planned space-based gravitational wave detector, LISA, will provide a fundamentally new means of studying the orbital alignment of close white dwarf binaries. However, due to the inherent symmetry of their gravitational wave signals, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-13 Naoki Seto

The Galactic population of close white dwarf binaries is expected to provide the largest number of gravitational wave sources for low frequency detectors such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Current data analysis…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-26 Alexander Stroeer , Matthew Benacquista , Frank Ceballos

I demonstrate that an effect similar to the Roemer delay, familiar from timing radio pulsars, should be detectable in the first eclipsing double white dwarf (WD) binary, NLTT 11748. By measuring the difference of the time between the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 David L Kaplan

The proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission is tasked with the detection and characterization of gravitational waves from various sources in the universe. This endeavor is challenged by transient displacement and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-21 Niklas Houba , Luigi Ferraioli , Domenico Giardini

We revisit the predictions for the merger rate of massive black hole binaries detectable by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and their background signal for pulsar-timing arrays. We focus on the effect of the delays between the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-15 Enrico Barausse , Irina Dvorkin , Michael Tremmel , Marta Volonteri , Matteo Bonetti