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Star-Black Hole Interactions in Young Star Clusters
Sara Rastello, Giuliano Iorio, Mark Gieles +1
Close encounters between stars and black holes can trigger micro-tidal disruption events (micro-TDEs) in dense young star clusters (YSCs). Using direct N-body simulations with PETA…
Micro-Tidal Disruption Events in Young Star Clusters
Sara Rastello, Giuliano Iorio, Mark Gieles +1
Dense young star clusters (YSCs) are ideal environments for dynamical interactions between stars and stellar mass black holes (BHs). In such dense environments, stars can undergo c…
Compact Object Mergers in Hierarchical Triples from Low-Mass Young Star Clusters
Alessandro Alberto Trani, Sara Rastello, Ugo N. Di Carlo +3
A binary star orbited by an outer companion constitutes a hierarchical triple system. The outer body may excite the eccentricity of the inner binary through the von~Zeipel-Lidov-Ko…
GW190521 formation via three-body encounters in young massive star clusters
Marco Dall'Amico, Michela Mapelli, Ugo N. Di Carlo +5
GW190521 is the most massive binary black hole (BBH) merger observed to date, and its primary component lies in the pair-instability (PI) mass gap. Here, we investigate the formati…
New insights on binary black hole formation channels after GWTC-2: young star clusters versus isolated binaries
Yann Bouffanais, Michela Mapelli, Filippo Santoliquido +5
With the recent release of the second gravitational-wave transient catalogue (GWTC-2), which introduced dozens of new detections, we are at a turning point of gravitational wave as…
The cosmic merger rate density evolution of compact binaries formed in young star clusters and in isolated binaries
Filippo Santoliquido, Michela Mapelli, Yann Bouffanais +5
Next generation ground-based gravitational-wave detectors will observe binary black hole (BBH) mergers up to redshift , probing the evolution of compact binary (CB) m…
Binary black holes in young star clusters: the impact of metallicity
Ugo N. Di Carlo, Michela Mapelli, Nicola Giacobbo +9
Young star clusters are the most common birth-place of massive stars and are dynamically active environments. Here, we study the formation of black holes (BHs) and binary black hol…
Dynamics of black hole - neutron star binaries in young star clusters
Sara Rastello, Michela Mapelli, Ugo N. Di Carlo +5
Young star clusters are likely the most common birthplace of massive stars across cosmic time and influence the formation of compact binaries in several ways. Here, we simulate the…