Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals
analytic kludge orbits + waveforms ·
Daniel Oliver
●
massive black hole
●
compact object
→
spin axis Ŝ
→
orbital ang. mom. L̂
○
ISCO (equatorial)
strain h+ (violet), h× (orange) — source frame, observer along +x
Presets
Generic Kerr
Spherical Kerr
High-e generic
Near plunge
System
MBH mass
1e6 M☉
CO mass
10 M☉
Initial orbit
Spin a/M
0.90
Semi-latus rectum p₀/M
5.0
Eccentricity e₀
0.30
Inclination ι
45°
Animation
Time speedup
×100
Pause
Reset
freeze inspiral
(hold p, e, ι and precession; orbit still cycles)
View
Side
Top (along Ŝ)
Plane of sky
trail
show L̂ arrow
show Ŝ arrow
show ISCO ring
About
Implements the analytic kludge of Barack & Cutler 2004 (
arXiv:gr-qc/0310125
). ODEs Eqs. 27–31; waveform Eqs. 7–10. Source-frame strain only — no LISA response. Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.
By
Daniel Oliver
. Made with assistance from Claude Code.