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astro-ph.HE2017★ 97 cited
Explaining LIGO's observations via isolated binary evolution with natal kicks
D. Wysocki, D. Gerosa, R. O'Shaughnessy +5
We compare binary evolution models with different assumptions about black-hole natal kicks to the first gravitational-wave observations performed by the LIGO detectors. Our compari…
astro-ph.HE2017★ 364 cited
The evolutionary roads leading to low effective spins, high black hole masses, and O1/O2 rates of LIGO/Virgo binary black holes
K. Belczynski, J. Klencki, C. E. Fields +31
All ten LIGO/Virgo binary black hole (BH-BH) coalescences reported from the O1/O2 runs have near zero effective spins. There are only three potential explanations of this fact. If…