High precision source characterization of intermediate mass-ratio black hole coalescences with gravitational waves: The importance of higher order multipoles

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Tousif Islam,1, 2, 3, ∗ Scott E. Field,2, 3 Carl-Johan Haster,4, 5 and Rory Smith6, 7 1Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA 2Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA 3Center for Scientific Computing and Visualization Research, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA 4LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 185 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 5Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 6School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Vic 3800, Australia 7OzGrav: The ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia (Dated: May 11, 2021)