4 papers
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…
The origin of spin in binary black holes: Predicting the distributions of the main observables of Advanced LIGO
Simone S. Bavera, Tassos Fragos, Ying Qin +7
We study the formation of coalescing binary black holes via the evolution of isolated field binaries that go through the common envelope phase in order to obtain the combined distr…
On the Origin of Black Hole Spin in High-mass X-Ray Binaries
Ying Qin, Pablo Marchant, Tassos Fragos +2
Black hole (BH) spins in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) cover a range of values that can be explained by accretion after BH birth. In contrast, the three BH spin measurements in h…
The spin of the second-born black hole in coalescing binary black holes
Y. Qin, T. Fragos, G. Meynet +3
Various binary black hole formation channels have been proposed since the first gravitational event GW150914 was discovered by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave…