Gravitational waves from a compact star in a circular, inspiral orbit, in the equatorial plane of a massive, spinning black hole, as observed by LISA

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 20-

  Thorne, Kip S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 85037191130     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.124021     Document Type: Article

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