Source physics astronomy LISA design 1. Exotic binary stars Precision tests of weak field General Relativity. Presision test of strong-field GR Map full Kerr geometry Precision test of No Hair Theorem Masses of scattered black holes depend upon IMF and mass segregation in central parsec of galactic nuclei.
Event rate depends on rate of scattering into loss cone.
Hz Long mission duration 4. Formation of supermassive black holes Easily detectable if formed by runaway merging in dense star cluster with compact objects nonaxiymmetric collapse of dense gas cloud. Undetectable if grown by gas accretion from small seed.