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All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1369
Rapidly spinning neutron stars are promising sources of persistent, continuous gravitational waves. Detecting such a signal would allow probing of the physical properties of matter…
From hydrodynamics to N-body simulations of star clusters: mergers and rotation
Alessandro Ballone, Stefano Torniamenti, Michela Mapelli +5
We present a new method to obtain more realistic initial conditions for N-body simulations of young star clusters. We start from the outputs of hydrodynamical simulations of molecu…
Formation of GW190521 from stellar evolution: the impact of the hydrogen-rich envelope, dredge-up and C(, )O rate on the pair-instability black hole mass gap
Guglielmo Costa, Alessandro Bressan, Michela Mapelli +3
Pair-instability (PI) is expected to open a gap in the mass spectrum of black holes (BHs) between M and M. The existence of the mass…
The ominous fate of exomoons around hot Jupiters in the high-eccentricity migration scenario
Alessandro A. Trani, Adrian S. Hamers, Aaron Geller +1
All the giant planets in the solar system host a large number of natural satellites. Moons in extrasolar systems are difficult to detect, but a Neptune-sized exomoon candidate has…
Exploring the Lower Mass Gap and Unequal Mass Regime in Compact Binary Evolution
Michael Zevin, Mario Spera, Christopher P. L. Berry +1
On August 14, 2019, the LIGO and Virgo detectors observed GW190814, a gravitational-wave signal originating from the merger of a black hole with a $\simeq 2.6 M…
Populating the upper black hole mass gap through stellar collisions in young star clusters
Kyle Kremer, Mario Spera, Devin Becker +6
Theoretical modeling of massive stars predicts a gap in the black hole (BH) mass function above for BHs formed through single star evolution, arising from (…