Demographics of Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers in Dense Star Clusters

With about one hundred mergers of binary black holes (BBHs) detected via gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, our understanding of the darkest objects in the universe has taken unparalleled steps forward. While most of the events are expected to consist of black holes (BH...

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Published in:The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors: Giacomo Fragione, Frederic A. Rasio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acd9c9