Compact binary coalescences: Astrophysical processes and lessons learned

M Spera, AA Trani, M Mencagli - Galaxies, 2022 - mdpi.com
On 11 February 2016, the LIGO and Virgo scientific collaborations announced the first direct
detection of gravitational waves, a signal caught by the LIGO interferometers on 14 …

Population properties of compact objects from the second LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the population properties of black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (NSs) in
compact binary systems using data from the LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient …

Quiescent and active galactic nuclei as factories of merging compact objects in the era of gravitational wave astronomy

M Arca Sedda, S Naoz, B Kocsis - Universe, 2023 - mdpi.com
Galactic nuclei harbouring a central supermassive black hole (SMBH), possibly surrounded
by a dense nuclear cluster (NC), represent extreme environments that house a complex …

One channel to rule them all? Constraining the origins of binary black holes using multiple formation pathways

M Zevin, SS Bavera, CPL Berry… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The second LIGO–Virgo catalog of gravitational-wave (GW) transients has more than
quadrupled the observational sample of binary black holes. We analyze this catalog using a …

GW190521: orbital eccentricity and signatures of dynamical formation in a binary black hole merger signal

I Romero-Shaw, PD Lasky, E Thrane… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
GW190521: Orbital Eccentricity and Signatures of Dynamical Formation in a Binary Black Hole
Merger Signal - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to …

Properties and Astrophysical Implications of the 150 M o˙ Binary Black Hole Merger GW190521

LIGO Scientific Collaboration… - Astrophysical …, 2020 - researchoutput.csu.edu.au
The gravitational-wave signal GW190521 is consistent with a binary black hole (BBH)
merger source at redshift 0.8 with unusually high component masses, 85-14+ 21 M o and 66 …

Post-newtonian dynamics in dense star clusters: Highly eccentric, highly spinning, and repeated binary black hole mergers

CL Rodriguez, P Amaro-Seoane, S Chatterjee… - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We present models of realistic globular clusters with post-Newtonian dynamics for black
holes. By modeling the relativistic accelerations and gravitational-wave emission in isolated …

Eccentric black hole mergers forming in globular clusters

J Samsing - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
We derive the probability for a newly formed binary black hole (BBH) to undergo an
eccentric gravitational wave (GW) merger during binary-single interactions inside a stellar …

Eccentric black hole mergers in dense star clusters: The role of binary–binary encounters

M Zevin, J Samsing, C Rodriguez… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first systematic study of strong binary–single and binary–binary black hole
(BH) interactions with the inclusion of general relativity. By including general relativistic …