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Science potential for stellar-mass black holes as neighbors of Sgr A*

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Abstract

There is a possibility that stellar-mass black holes inhabit near the massive black hole Sgr A* that is located at the center of our galaxy. Such scenarios are motivated by the mass segregation of stellar-mass black holes on the massive end and disk migration if there were an active accretion flow near Sgr A*. In this talk, I will focus on applications of such objects as sources of space-borne gravitational wave detector LISA. In particular, I will discuss the prospect of measuring the spin of Sgr A* with gravitational waves observations with LISA. I will further discuss the possibility of detecting the signature of dark matter clouds around Sgr A* as well as multi-body gravitational interactions.

Presenters

  • Shammi Tahura

    University of Guelph

Authors

  • Shammi Tahura

    University of Guelph

  • Zhen Pan

    Perimeter Inst for Theo Phys

  • Huan Yang

    Perimeter Inst for Theo Phys