Marc Freitag 2001 Class. Quantum Grav. 18 4033 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/18/19/309
Marc Freitag1
Show affiliationsThe capture and gradual inspiral of stellar mass objects by a massive black hole at the centre of a galaxy has been proposed as one of the most promising sources of gravitational radiation to be detected by LISA. Unfortunately, rate estimates for this process suffer from many uncertainties. Here we report on the use of our newly developed Monte Carlo stellar dynamics code to tackle this problem. We present results from simple galactic nuclei models that demonstrate the high potential of our approach and point out the aspects of the problem where an improved treatment seems desirable.
95.85.Sz Gravitational radiation, magnetic fields, and other observations
98.10.+z Stellar dynamics and kinematics
98.62.Js Galactic nuclei (including black holes), circumnuclear matter, and bulges
Issue 19 (7 October 2001)
Received 5 July 2001
Published 17 September 2001
Marc Freitag 2001 Class. Quantum Grav. 18 4033
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