Post-Netwonian Modeling of EMRIs and IMRIs

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:10060059,
            doi = {10.48660/10060059},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/10060059},
            author = {Yunes, Nicolas},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Post-Netwonian Modeling of EMRIs and IMRIs},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2010},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:10060059 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
          

Abstract

Gravitational wave data analysis of compact binary systems requires the use of matched filtering. This technique cross-correlates the data stream with a certain template that characterizes the gravitational wave signal. Successful parameterestimation thus requires an accurate model of the gravitational wave template. In this talk I will describe a new fast and accurate technique to model the gravitational wave signal from extreme-mass ratio inspirals. Such events consisting of a neutron star or solar mass black hole spiraling into a supermassive black hole are staple sources of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. This new model combines the effective-one-body formalism of post-Newtonian theory and black hole perturbation theory leading to accurate waveforms both when the supermassive black hole spins and when it does not.