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Expand Up @@ -62,14 +62,13 @@ constellation of three satellites in orbit around the sun. LISA is an ESA-led mi
with significant contributions from NASA which is set to launch in the 2030s. It will
complement existing ground-based detectors by opening up the millihertz band of the
gravitational wave spectrum [@lisa]. Because sources in this band evolve slowly over time and remain observable
for a period of months to years, LISA is expected to detect many overlapping signals at all times.
Thus, accurate waveform models are needed in order to identify individual sources and
perform parameter estimation - the process of approximating characteristics of the objects
involved in a gravitational wave event.

Unlike other LISA sources which can be modelled using either
numerical relativity or post-Newtonian theory, EMRIs are most amenable to analysis
using black hole perturbation theory - a comparatively underdeveloped area of research.
for a period of days to years, LISA is expected to detect many overlapping signals at all times.
Thus, accurate waveform models are needed in order to identify gravitational wave sources and
perform parameter estimation - the process of approximating characteristics of a source.

For most LISA sources, well developed models based on either numerical relativity or post-Newtonian theory already exist.
Extreme mass ratio inspirals are instead best described by black hole perturbation theory,
and the waveform models that currently exist are comparatively underdeveloped.
In a perturbation theory model, the orbital trajectory is assumed to be a geodesic at
leading order. Higher order corrections are then computed by introducing the gravitational
field of the inspiralling object as a perturbation to the background spacetime of the massive black hole,
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Although other Python packages [@kerrgeodesicgw] with similar functionality do exist, they mostly rely on numerical
integration to compute geodesics. The analytic solutions used by `KerrGeoPy` have two main advantages
over this approach. First, they are guaranteed to be stable and can be quickly evaluated at
over this approach. First, they are guaranteed to be numerically stable and can be quickly evaluated at
any point in time. Second, they produce several useful intermediate terms which cannot easily be
computed using numerical integration.

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