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Abstract
Gravitational wave observations will be excellent tools for making precise measurements
of processes that occur in very strong-field regions of spacetime. Extreme mass ratio
systems, formed by the capture of a stellar mass body compact by a massive black hole,
will be targets for planned space-based interferometers such as LISA and DECIGO. These
systems will be especially powerful tools for testing the spacetime nature of black
hole candidates. In this writeup of the talk I gave at JGRG19, I describe how the
properties of black holes are imprinted on their waveforms, and how measurements can
be used to study these properties and thereby learn about the astrophysics of black
holes and about strong-field gravity.
Comments 19 pages, 5 figures, for the Proceedings of the 19th Workshop on
General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan. Content very similar to recent
reviews by the author