3 papers
gr-qc2026
Effects of the interaction of dark matter and neutron-star matter on extreme and intermediate mass-ratio inspirals
Benjamin A. Wade, Julian Heeck, David A. Nichols
Extreme and intermediate mass-ratio inspirals in a dense dark-matter distribution have the effects of the dark matter imprinted on the orbital dynamics of and the emitted gravitati…
gr-qc2025
Intermediate mass-ratio inspirals in a dense dark-matter environment: Effects of the initial dark-matter distribution
Benjamin A. Wade, David A. Nichols
Recent work has shown the possibility of detecting dense dark-matter distributions surrounding intermediate or extreme mass-ratio inspirals through gravitational waves using LISA.…
gr-qc2023
Secondary accretion of dark matter in intermediate mass-ratio inspirals: Dark-matter dynamics and gravitational-wave phase
David A. Nichols, Benjamin A. Wade, Alexander M. Grant
When particle dark matter is bound gravitationally around a massive black hole in sufficiently high densities, the dark matter will affect the rate of inspiral of a secondary compa…