[Seminari] Carlos F. Sopuerta, Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals: Cartography of the Geometry of Massive Black Holes

[Enric Marco]

Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals: Cartography of the Geometry of Massive 
Black Holes

Carlos F. Sopuerta

CSIC-IEEC, Barcelona


Lloc:Seminari del departament d'Astronomia i Astrofísica

Dia:Dimecres, 14 novembre 2007

Hora:12:00

Resum

The inspiral, driven by gravitational radiation emission, of stellar-
mass compact objects captured by massive black holes at the galactic 
centers are one of the main targets of the future ESA/NASA Laser 
Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. Observations of these 
systems will provide astrophysical information ranging from maps of 
the geometry of massive black holes to stellar populations and 
dynamics of galactic nuclei. In order to get this information we 
need a precise a priori knowledge of the gravitational waveforms 
produced by these inspirals. In this talk, apart from describing 
this problem, I will discuss how numerical simulations can help in 
this task, what are the main challenges they face, and what is the 
present status.

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