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An Analytical And Numerical Treatment Of Inclined Elliptical Orbits About A Kerr Black Hole, Peter G. Komorowski

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Since its publication in 1915, Einstein's theory of general relativity has yielded significant results; they include: analytical solutions to the Einstein field equations; improved analysis of orbital dynamics; and the prediction of gravitational wave (GW) radiation. Gravitation is the weakest of the fundamental interactions; and theoretical models of GW generation and propagation show that its detection poses a significant technical challenge. Unlike the study of electromagnetic radiation, experiments within the laboratory are virtually impossible; so astronomical sources of GW, such as binary black hole systems, offer an alternative. But GW detection remains difficult. The matched filtering techniques used to discriminate …