Measuring eccentricity and gas-induced perturbation from gravitational waves of LISA massive black hole binaries

Abstract

We assess the possibility of detecting both eccentricity and gas effects (migration and accretion) in the gravitational wave (GW) signal from LISA massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) at redshift $z=1$. Gas induces a phase correction to the GW signal with an effective amplitude ($C_{\mathrm{g}}$) and a semi-major axis dependence (assumed to follow a power-law with slope $n_{\mathrm{g}}$). We use a complete model of the LISA response, and employ a gas-corrected post-Newtonian in-spiral-only waveform model TaylorF2Ecc By using the Fisher formalism and Bayesian inference, we constrain $C_{\mathrm{g}}$ together with the initial eccentricity $e_0$, the total redshifted mass $M_z$, the primary-to-secondary mass ratio $q$, the dimensionless spins ${\chi }_{1,2}$ of both component BHs, and the time of coalescence $t_c$. We find that simultaneously constraining $C_{\mathrm{g}}$ and $e_0$ leads to worse constraints on both parameters with respect to when considered individually. For a standard thin viscous accretion disc around $M_z=10^5{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$, $q=8$, ${\chi }_{1,2}=0.9$, and $t_c=4$ years MBHB, we can confidently measure (with a relative error of $<50$ per cent) an Eddington ratio ${\mathrm{f}}_{\mathrm{Edd}}\sim 0.1$ for a circular binary and ${\mathrm{f}}_{\mathrm{Edd}}\sim 1$ for an eccentric system assuming $O(10)$ stronger gas torque near-merger than at the currently explored much-wider binary separations. The minimum measurable eccentricity is $e_0\gtrsim 10^{-2.75}$ in vacuum and $e_0\gtrsim 10^{-2}$ in gas. A weak environmental perturbation (${\mathrm{f}}_{\mathrm{Edd}}\lesssim 1$) to a circular binary can be mimicked by an orbital eccentricity during in-spiral, implying that an electromagnetic counterpart would be required to confirm the presence of an accretion disc.

16 pages, 10 figures. Accepted by MNRAS

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