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Linking high-mass X-ray binaries to binary compact object mergers in Milky Way-like galaxies
Felipe Vivanco Cádiz, M. Celeste Artale, Nicola Masetti +5
High-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) constitute a potential intermediate phase connecting massive stellar binaries to the formation of coalescing binary compact objects (BCOs). Yet, th…
Uncovering the population of compact binary mergers and their formation pathways with gravitational waves through the Einstein Telescope
M. Arca-Sedda, I. Dvorkin, G. Franciolini +19
Ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) observatories have transformed our view of compact-object mergers, yet their reach still limits a comprehensive reconstruction of the processes…
The more accurately the metal-dependent star formation rate is modeled, the larger the predicted excess of binary black hole mergers
Cecilia Sgalletta, Michela Mapelli, Lumen Boco +5
As the number of gravitational-wave detections grows, the merger rate of binary black holes (BBHs) can help us to constrain their formation, the properties of their progenitors, an…
Hierarchical binary black hole mergers in globular clusters: mass function and evolution with redshift
Stefano Torniamenti, Michela Mapelli, Carole Périgois +4
Hierarchical black hole (BH) mergers are one of the most straightforward mechanisms to produce BHs inside and above the pair-instability mass gap. Here, we investigate the impact o…
Impact of gas hardening on the population properties of hierarchical black hole mergers in AGN disks
M. Paola Vaccaro, Michela Mapelli, Carole Périgois +5
Hierarchical black hole (BH) mergers in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are unique among formation channels of binary black holes (BBHs) because they are likely associated with elect…
Binary neutron star populations in the Milky Way
Cecilia Sgalletta, Giuliano Iorio, Michela Mapelli +7
Galactic binary neutron stars (BNSs) are a unique laboratory to probe the evolution of BNSs and their progenitors. Here, we use a new version of the population synthesis code SEVN…
Modelling the host galaxies of binary compact object mergers with observational scaling relations
Filippo Santoliquido, Michela Mapelli, M. Celeste Artale +1
The merger rate density evolution of binary compact objects and the properties of their host galaxies carry crucial information to understand the sources of gravitational waves. He…
Host galaxies and electromagnetic counterparts to binary neutron star mergers across the cosmic time: Detectability of GW170817-like events
Rosalba Perna, M. Celeste Artale, Yi-Han Wang +4
The detection of electromagnetic radiation (EM) accompanying the gravitational wave (GW) signal from the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 has revealed that these systems c…
The Cosmic Evolution of Binary Black Holes in Young, Globular and Nuclear Star Clusters: Rates, Masses, Spins and Mixing Fractions
Michela Mapelli, Yann Bouffanais, Filippo Santoliquido +2
The growing population of binary black holes (BBHs) observed by gravitational wave detectors is a potential Rosetta stone for understanding their formation channels. Here, we use a…
Hierarchical black hole mergers in young, globular and nuclear star clusters: the effect of metallicity, spin and cluster properties
Michela Mapelli, Marco Dall'Amico, Yann Bouffanais +8
We explore hierarchical black hole (BH) mergers in nuclear star clusters (NSCs), globular clusters (GCs) and young star clusters (YSCs), accounting for both original and dynamicall…
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 of compact objects: impact of star formation, metallicity, initial mass function and binary evolution
Filippo Santoliquido, Michela Mapelli, Nicola Giacobbo +2
We evaluate the redshift distribution of binary black hole (BBH), black hole - neutron star binary (BHNS) and binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, exploring the main sources of uncer…
Mass and rate of hierarchical black hole mergers in young, globular and nuclear star clusters
Michela Mapelli, Filippo Santoliquido, Yann Bouffanais +3
Hierarchical mergers are one of the distinctive signatures of binary black hole (BBH) formation through dynamical evolution. Here, we present a fast semi-analytic approach to simul…
The host galaxies of double compact objects across cosmic time
Mattia Toffano, Michela Mapelli, Nicola Giacobbo +2
We explore the host galaxies of compact-object binaries (black hole--black hole binaries, BHBs; neutron star--black hole binaries, NSBHs; double-neutron stars; DNSs) across cosmic…
The properties of merging black holes and neutron stars across cosmic time
Michela Mapelli, Nicola Giacobbo, Filippo Santoliquido +1
The next generation ground-based gravitational wave interferometers will possibly observe mergers of binary black holes (BBHs) and binary neutron stars (BNSs) to redshift $z\gtrsim…
The role of metallicity in high mass X-ray binaries in galaxy formation models
M. C. Artale, L. J. Pellizza, P. B. Tissera
Recent theoretical works claim that high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) could have been important sources of energy feedback into the interstellar and intergalactic media, playing a m…