Implications of binary black hole detections on the merger rates of double neutron stars and neutron star-black holes

Anuradha Gupta, K. G. Arun, B. S. Sathyaprakash

We show that the inferred merger rate and chirp masses of binary black holes (BBHs) detected by advanced LIGO (aLIGO) can be used to constrain the rate of double neutron star (DNS)…