J. C. N. de Araujo, O. D. Aguiar, M. E. S. Alves, M. Tinto
We analyze the sensitivities of a geostationary gravitational wave
interferometer mission operating in the sub-Hertz band. Our proposed
Earth-orbiting detector is expected to meet some of the Laser Interferometer
Space Antenna (LISA) mission science goals in the lower part of its accessible
frequency band ($10^{-4} - 2 \times 10^{-2}$ Hz), and to outperform them by a
large margin in the higher-part of it ($2 \times 10^{-2} - 10$ Hz). Since our
proposed interferometer will be more sensitive than LISA to supermassive black
holes (SMBHs) of masses smaller than $\sim 10^{6}$ M$_{\odot}$, we will be able
to more accurately probe scenarios that account for their formation.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.1565
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