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most citedHighly eccentric inspirals into a black hole

96 citations · 324 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

gr-qc2026

Schwarzschild perturbations in Lorenz gauge via elliptic differential equations

Thomas Osburn, Barry Wardell, Erin Battaglia

Accurate predictions of gravitational wave signals from asymmetric compact binaries are accessible through black hole perturbation theory and self-force calculations. Faithful wave…

gr-qc2026

Self-force calculations with numerical relativity methods

Nils L. Vu, Nami Nishimura, Thomas Osburn +4

To model gravitational waveforms from extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) for the upcoming LISA space mission, gravitational self-force calculations are needed to second order in…

gr-qc2022★ 19 cited

New self-force method via elliptic partial differential equations for Kerr inspiral models

Thomas Osburn, Nami Nishimura

We present a new method designed to avoid numerical challenges that have impeded calculation of the Lorenz gauge self-force acting on a compact object inspiraling into a Kerr black…

gr-qc2021★ 17 cited

Highly eccentric EMRI waveforms via fast self-forced inspirals

Jonathan McCart, Thomas Osburn, Justin Y. J. Burton

We present new developments and comparisons of competing inspiral and waveform models for highly eccentric non-spinning extreme and intermediate mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs and IMR…

gr-qc2020★ 7 cited

Reissner-Nordström perturbation framework with gravitational wave applications

Justin Y. J. Burton, Thomas Osburn

We present a new convenient framework for modeling Reissner-Nordström black hole perturbations from charged distributions of matter. Using this framework, we quantify how gravitati…

gr-qc2019★ 27 cited

Repeated faint quasinormal bursts in extreme-mass-ratio inspiral waveforms: Evidence from frequency-domain scalar self-force calculations on generic Kerr orbits

Zachary Nasipak, Thomas Osburn, Charles R. Evans

We report development of a code to calculate the scalar self-force on a scalar-charged particle moving on generic bound orbits in the Kerr spacetime. The scalar self-force model al…

gr-qc2018★ 12 cited

Inspirals into a charged black hole

Ruomin Zhu, Thomas Osburn

We model the quasicircular inspiral of a compact object into a more massive charged black hole. Extreme and intermediate mass-ratio inspirals are considered through a small mass-ra…

gr-qc2017★ 74 cited

Evolution of small-mass-ratio binaries with a spinning secondary

Niels Warburton, Thomas Osburn, Charles R. Evans

We calculate the evolution and gravitational-wave emission of a spinning compact object inspiraling into a substantially more massive (non-rotating) black hole. We extend our previ…

gr-qc2015★ 96 cited

Highly eccentric inspirals into a black hole

Thomas Osburn, Niels Warburton, Charles R. Evans

We model the inspiral of a compact stellar-mass object into a massive nonrotating black hole including all dissipative and conservative first-order-in-the-mass-ratio effects on the…

gr-qc2015★ 29 cited

Fast spectral source integration in black hole perturbation calculations

Seth Hopper, Erik Forseth, Thomas Osburn +1

This paper presents a new technique for achieving spectral accuracy and fast computational performance in a class of black hole perturbation and gravitational self-force calculatio…

gr-qc2014★ 43 cited

Lorenz gauge gravitational self-force calculations of eccentric binaries using a frequency domain procedure

Thomas Osburn, Erik Forseth, Charles Evans +1

We present an algorithm for calculating the metric perturbations and gravitational self-force for extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) with eccentric orbits. The massive black hole…