Systems consisting of a massive black hole and a stellar-origin compact object (CO), known as extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), are of great significance for space-based gravitational-wave detectors, as they will allow for testing gravitational theories in the strong field regime, and for checking the validity of the black hole no-hair theorem. In this work, we present a calculation of the EMRI rate and parameter estimation capabilities of the TianQin observatory, for various astrophysical models for these sources. We find that TianQin can observe EMRIs involving COs with a mass of 10 M⊙ up to redshift ∼2. We also find that detections could reach tens or hundreds per year in the most optimistic astrophysical scenarios. Intrinsic parameters are expected to be recovered to within fractional errors of ∼10−6, while typical errors on the luminosity distance and sky localization are 10% and 10 deg 2, respectively. TianQin observation of EMRIs can also constrain possible deviations from the Kerr quadrupole moment to within fractional errors ≲10−4. We also find that a network of multiple detectors would allow for improvements in both detection rates (by a factor ∼1.5–3) and in parameter estimation precision (20-fold improvement for the sky localization and fivefold improvement for the other parameters).

Science with the TianQin observatory: Preliminary result on extreme-mass-ratio inspirals / Fan, Hui-Min; Hu, Yi-Ming; Barausse, Enrico; Sesana, Alberto; Zhang, Jian-dong; Zhang, Xuefeng; Zi, Tie-Guang; Mei, Jianwei. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 102:(2020), pp. 1-12. [10.1103/PhysRevD.102.063016]

Science with the TianQin observatory: Preliminary result on extreme-mass-ratio inspirals

Barausse, Enrico;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Systems consisting of a massive black hole and a stellar-origin compact object (CO), known as extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), are of great significance for space-based gravitational-wave detectors, as they will allow for testing gravitational theories in the strong field regime, and for checking the validity of the black hole no-hair theorem. In this work, we present a calculation of the EMRI rate and parameter estimation capabilities of the TianQin observatory, for various astrophysical models for these sources. We find that TianQin can observe EMRIs involving COs with a mass of 10 M⊙ up to redshift ∼2. We also find that detections could reach tens or hundreds per year in the most optimistic astrophysical scenarios. Intrinsic parameters are expected to be recovered to within fractional errors of ∼10−6, while typical errors on the luminosity distance and sky localization are 10% and 10 deg 2, respectively. TianQin observation of EMRIs can also constrain possible deviations from the Kerr quadrupole moment to within fractional errors ≲10−4. We also find that a network of multiple detectors would allow for improvements in both detection rates (by a factor ∼1.5–3) and in parameter estimation precision (20-fold improvement for the sky localization and fivefold improvement for the other parameters).
2020
102
1
12
063016
https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08212
Fan, Hui-Min; Hu, Yi-Ming; Barausse, Enrico; Sesana, Alberto; Zhang, Jian-dong; Zhang, Xuefeng; Zi, Tie-Guang; Mei, Jianwei
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