Detecting gravitational self-lensing from stellar-mass binaries composed of black holes or neutron stars
Detecting gravitational self-lensing from stellar-mass binaries composed of black holes or neutron stars
We explore a unique electromagnetic signature of stellar-mass compact-object binaries long before they are detectable in gravitational waves. We show that gravitational lensing of light emitting components of a compact-object binary, by the other binary component, could be detectable in the nearby universe. This periodic lensing signature could be detected …