Resonant Trojan EMRIs with LISA
Conference Year
January 2022
Abstract
Extreme–mass–ratio inspirals (EMRI) – comprised of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) and a stellar–origin black hole – are prospective sources for the detection of observational signals with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, built to accurately measure gravitational waves – ripples in the curvature of space-time. As the smaller black hole spirals into the SMBH, thousands of cycles of the gravitational waveform serve as a precision probe for the extreme space-time curvature of the system. The goal of this research is to calculate the gravitational waveforms from “Trojan analog” EMRIs, analogous to the Jupiter–Trojan system, locked in 1:1 resonant orbits.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Chris Danforth
Secondary Mentor Name
Jeremy Schnittman (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
Faculty/Staff Collaborators
William Louisos, Peter Sheridan Dodds
Status
Graduate
Student College
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Program/Major
Complex Systems
Primary Research Category
Engineering & Physical Sciences
Resonant Trojan EMRIs with LISA
Extreme–mass–ratio inspirals (EMRI) – comprised of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) and a stellar–origin black hole – are prospective sources for the detection of observational signals with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, built to accurately measure gravitational waves – ripples in the curvature of space-time. As the smaller black hole spirals into the SMBH, thousands of cycles of the gravitational waveform serve as a precision probe for the extreme space-time curvature of the system. The goal of this research is to calculate the gravitational waveforms from “Trojan analog” EMRIs, analogous to the Jupiter–Trojan system, locked in 1:1 resonant orbits.