PIRSA:21060074

Are we already observing inspirals into massive black holes?

Witzany, V. (2021). Are we already observing inspirals into massive black holes?. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/21060074

Witzany, Vojtech. Are we already observing inspirals into massive black holes?. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 11, 2021, https://pirsa.org/21060074 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:21060074,
            doi = {10.48660/21060074},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/21060074},
            author = {Witzany, Vojtech},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {Are we already observing inspirals into massive black holes?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2021},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:21060074 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Vojtech Witzany University College Dublin

Talk numberPIRSA:21060074
DOI10.48660/21060074
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Abstract

Everybody talks about EMRIs and IMRIs in connection with LISA and the 2030s. However, inspirals into massive black holes are happening at this very moment. Would we be able to recognize them with our current electromagnetic observations? Even more, are we maybe observing these inspirals at the very moment without realising it? We simulated accretion-disks perturbed by light perturbers and deduced that the orbital periods show in the disk variability. I present a list of candidate sources that, based on their variability periods and period derivatives, may contain ongoing inspirals into massive black holes.