2 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
A Stellar Role Reversal: Multiple Features in the Mass and Mass Ratio Distributions of Merging Binary Black Holes from Stable Mass Transfer
Gina Chen, Katelyn Breivik, Lieke A. C. van Son
Observations of gravitational wave events have enabled the measurement of the merging binary black hole (BBH) mass function. This mass function encodes the physical interactions wh…
astro-ph.SR2025
Properties of Core Collapse Supernovae from Binary Population Synthesis
Mark Martinez, Anna O'Grady, Katelyn Breivik +1
Core collapse supernovae (CCSNe) impact many areas of astrophysics, including compact object formation and gravitational waves, but many uncertainties remain in our understanding o…