Nuclear Constraints on ${}^{12}$C$(\hat{I}\pm ,{\hat{I}}^3{)}^{16}$O and Their Impact on Black-Hole Mass Predictions

Akram Mukhamedzhanov

Gravitational-wave observations have renewed interest in the black-hole mass gap and in the maximum mass of first-generation black holes below its lower edge. The \(^{12}{\rm C}(α…