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most citedIlluminating Black Hole Binary Formation Channels with Spins in Advanced LIGO

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gr-qc2020★ 71 cited

All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1369

Rapidly spinning neutron stars are promising sources of persistent, continuous gravitational waves. Detecting such a signal would allow probing of the physical properties of matter…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 315 cited

One Channel to Rule Them All? Constraining the Origins of Binary Black Holes using Multiple Formation Pathways

Michael Zevin, Simone S. Bavera, Christopher P. L. Berry +7

The second LIGO-Virgo catalog of gravitational wave transients has more than quadrupled the observational sample of binary black holes. We analyze this catalog using a suite of fiv…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 155 cited

Evidence for hierarchical black hole mergers in the second LIGO--Virgo gravitational-wave catalog

Chase Kimball, Colm Talbot, Christopher P. L. Berry +10

We study the population properties of merging binary black holes in the second LIGO--Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog assuming they were all formed dynamically in gravita…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 156 cited

The impact of mass-transfer physics on the observable properties of field binary black hole populations

Simone S. Bavera, Tassos Fragos, Michael Zevin +13

We study the impact of mass-transfer physics on the observable properties of binary black hole populations formed through isolated binary evolution. We investigate the impact of ma…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 91 cited

Black Hole Mergers from Hierarchical Triples in Dense Star Clusters

Miguel A. S. Martinez, Giacomo Fragione, Kyle Kremer +8

Hierarchical triples are expected to be produced by the frequent binary-mediated interactions in the cores of globular clusters. In some of these triples, the tertiary companion ca…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 137 cited

Exploring the Lower Mass Gap and Unequal Mass Regime in Compact Binary Evolution

Michael Zevin, Mario Spera, Christopher P. L. Berry +1

On August 14, 2019, the LIGO and Virgo detectors observed GW190814, a gravitational-wave signal originating from the merger of a black hole with a $\simeq 2.6 M…