Cambridge University Press (CUP), Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, S303(9), p. 419-423, 2013
DOI: 10.1017/s1743921314001045
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AbstractBlack holes orbiting the supermassive black hole (SMBH) Sgr A* in the Galactic center (GC) of the Milky Way generate gravitational waves (GW). The resulting spectrum, due to stars and black holes (BHs), is continuous below 40 nHz while individual BHs within about 200 AU of the central SMBH stick out in the spectrum at higher frequencies. The GWs can be detected by timing radio pulsars within a few parsecs of this region. Future observations with the Square Kilometer Array of such pulsars with sufficient timing accuracy may be sensitive to signals from intermediate mass BHs (IMBH) in a 3 year observation baseline. The recent detection of radio pulsations from the magnetar SGR J1745–29 very near the GC opens up the possibilities of detecting millisecond pulsars (which can be used as probes of the GWs) through lines of sight with only moderate pulse and angular broadening due to scattering.