Measuring coalescing massive binary black holes with gravitational waves: The impact of spin-induced precession
Measuring coalescing massive binary black holes with gravitational waves: The impact of spin-induced precession
The coalescence of massive black holes generates gravitational waves (GWs) that will be measurable by space-based detectors such as LISA to large redshifts. The spins of a binary's black holes have an important impact on its waveform. Specifically, geodetic and gravitomagnetic effects cause the spins to precess; this precession then …