Rates of Compact Object Coalescences
arXiv:2107.14239 · doi:10.1007/s41114-021-00034-3
Abstract
Gravitational-wave detections are enabling measurements of the rate of coalescences of binaries composed of two compact objects -- neutron stars and/or black holes. The coalescence rate of binaries containing neutron stars is further constrained by electromagnetic observations, including Galactic radio binary pulsars and short gamma-ray bursts. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated models of compact objects merging through a variety of evolutionary channels produce a range of theoretically predicted rates. Rapid improvements in instrument sensitivity, along with plans for new and improved surveys, make this an opportune time to summarise the existing observational and theoretical knowledge of compact-binary coalescence rates.
Invited review article for Living Reviews in Relativity. Updates relative to published version based on recent observations and models. The authors very much welcome further suggestions. All code and data are publicly available via https://zenodo.org/record/7017532 (version 7)
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