Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals
We study the effects of a thin gaseous accretion disk on the inspiral of a stellar-mass black hole into a supermassive black hole. We construct a phenomenological angular momentum transport equation that reproduces known disk effects. Disk torques modify the gravitational wave phase evolution to det...
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| author | Yunes, Nicolas Kocsis, Bence Loeb, Abraham Haiman, Zoltan |
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| description | We study the effects of a thin gaseous accretion disk on the inspiral of a stellar-mass black hole into a supermassive black hole. We construct a phenomenological angular momentum transport equation that reproduces known disk effects. Disk torques modify the gravitational wave phase evolution to detectable levels with LISA for reasonable disk parameters. The Fourier transform of disk-modified waveforms acquires a correction with a different frequency trend than post-Newtonian vacuum terms. Such inspirals could be used to detect accretion disks with LISA and to probe their physical parameters. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/690682022-09-29T09:14:14Z Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals Yunes, Nicolas Kocsis, Bence Loeb, Abraham Haiman, Zoltan Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Yunes, Nicolas Yunes, Nicolas We study the effects of a thin gaseous accretion disk on the inspiral of a stellar-mass black hole into a supermassive black hole. We construct a phenomenological angular momentum transport equation that reproduces known disk effects. Disk torques modify the gravitational wave phase evolution to detectable levels with LISA for reasonable disk parameters. The Fourier transform of disk-modified waveforms acquires a correction with a different frequency trend than post-Newtonian vacuum terms. Such inspirals could be used to detect accretion disks with LISA and to probe their physical parameters. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (PF9-00063) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (PF0-110080) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS8-03060) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (grant AST-0907890) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (grant NNX08AL43G) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (grant NNA09DB30A) National Office for Research and Technology (Hungary) (Polanyi Program) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (grant NNX08AH35G) Hungarian Scientific Research Foundation (OTKA) (grant 68228) 2012-02-09T18:38:32Z 2012-02-09T18:38:32Z 2011-10 2011-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 1079-7114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69068 Yunes, Nicolás et al. “Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals.” Physical Review Letters 107.17 (2011): n. pag. Web. 9 Feb. 2012. © 2011 American Physical Society en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.171103 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society (APS) APS |
| spellingShingle | Yunes, Nicolas Kocsis, Bence Loeb, Abraham Haiman, Zoltan Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals |
| title | Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals |
| title_full | Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals |
| title_fullStr | Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals |
| title_short | Imprint of Accretion Disk-Induced Migration on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals |
| title_sort | imprint of accretion disk induced migration on gravitational waves from extreme mass ratio inspirals |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69068 |
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