Approximate waveforms for extreme-mass-ratio inspirals in modified gravity spacetimes

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals, in which a stellar-mass compact object spirals into a supermassive black hole, are prime candidates for detection with space-borne milliHertz gravitational wave detectors, similar to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. The gravitational waves generated during such i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yunes, Nicolas, Gair, Jonathan R.
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society (APS) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68660