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Detecting Kozai-Lidov imprints on the gravitational waves of intermediate-mass black holes in galactic nuclei
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A third object in the vicinity of a binary system causes variations in the eccentricity and the inclination of the binary through the Kozai-Lidov effect. We examine if such variations leave a detectable imprint on the gravitational waves of a binary consisting of intermediate mass black holes and stellar mass objects. As a proof of concept, we present an example where LISA may detect the Kozai-Lidov modulated gravitational wave signals of such sources from at least a distance of 1Mpc if the perturbation is caused by a supermassive black hole tertiary. Although the quick pericenter precession induced by general relativity significantly reduces the appropriate parameter space for this effect by quenching the Kozai-Lidov oscillations, we still find reasonable parameters where the Kozai-Lidov effect may be detected with high signal-to-noise ratios.<br />Comment: 10 pages; resubmitted after minor revision; typo is corrected in Eq. (2)
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2005.03677
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abafa3