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LISA detections of massive black hole inspirals: Parameter extraction errors due to inaccurate template waveforms

LISA detections of massive black hole inspirals: Parameter extraction errors due to inaccurate template waveforms

The planned Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is expected to detect the inspiral and merger of massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) at $z\ensuremath{\lesssim}5$ with signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of hundreds to thousands. Because of these high SNRs, and because these SNRs accrete over periods of weeks to months, it should be …