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On the Neutron Star/Black Hole Mass Gap and Black Hole Searches
Yong Shao
Mass distribution of black holes in low-mass X-ray binaries previously suggested the existence of a mass gap between the most massive neutron stars and the le…
The Nearest Neutron Star Candidate in a Binary Revealed by Optical Time-domain Surveys
Ling-Lin Zheng, Mouyuan Sun, Wei-Min Gu +19
The near-Earth (within pc) supernova explosions in the past several million years can cause the global deposition of radioactive elements (e.g., Fe) on Earth. The…
A long-period pre-ELM system discovered from LAMOST medium-resolution survey
Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Ling-Lin Zheng, Wei-Min Gu +16
We present LAMOST~J041920.07+072545.4 (hereafter J0419), a close binary consisting of a bloated extremely low mass pre-white dwarf (pre-ELM WD) and a compact object with an orbital…
A dynamically discovered and characterized non-accreting neutron star -- M dwarf binary candidate
Tuan Yi, Wei-Min Gu, Zhi-Xiang Zhang +26
Optical time-domain surveys can unveil and characterize exciting but less-explored non-accreting and/or non-beaming neutron stars (NS) in binaries. Here we report the discovery of…
Formation of Mass-gap Black Holes from Neutron Star X-ray Binaries with Super-Eddington Accretion
Shi-Jie Gao, Xiang-Dong Li, Yong Shao
Electromagnetic and gravitational wave observations indicate that there is dearth of compact objects with mass . This so-called "mass gap" may be linked t…
Stable mass transfer can explain massive binary black hole mergers with a high spin component
Yong Shao, Xiang-Dong Li
Recent gravitational wave observations showed that binary black hole (BBH) mergers with massive components are more likely to have high effective spins. In the model of isolated bi…
A Channel to Form Fast-spinning Black Hole--Neutron Star Binary Mergers as Multi-messenger Sources
Rui-Chong Hu, Jin-Ping Zhu, Ying Qin +3
After the successful detection of a gravitational-wave (GW) signal and its associated electromagnetic (EM) counterparts from GW170817, neutron star--black hole (NSBH) mergers have…