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Dynamics of binary black holes in low-mass young star clusters
Sara Rastello, Michela Mapelli, Ugo N. di Carlo +5
Young star clusters are dynamically active stellar systems and are a common birthplace for massive stars. Low-mass star clusters ( M) are more numerous than…
Intermediate mass black holes from stellar mergers in young star clusters
Ugo N. Di Carlo, Michela Mapelli, Mario Pasquato +8
Intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) in the mass range bridge the gap between stellar black holes (BHs) and supermassive BHs. Here, we investigate…
The impact of binaries on the evolution of star clusters from turbulent molecular clouds
Stefano Torniamenti, Alessandro Ballone, Michela Mapelli +5
Most of massive stars form in binary or higher-order systems in clumpy, sub-structured clusters. In the very first phases of their life, these stars are expected to interact with t…
Fingerprints of binary black hole formation channels encoded in the mass and spin of merger remnants
Manuel Arca Sedda, Michela Mapelli, Mario Spera +2
Binary black holes (BBHs) are thought to form in different environments, including the galactic field and (globular, nuclear, young and open) star clusters. Here, we propose a meth…
An astrophysically motivated ranking criterion for low-latency electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave events
M. Celeste Artale, Yann Bouffanais, Michela Mapelli +5
We investigate the properties of the host galaxies of compact binary mergers across cosmic time. To this end, we combine population synthesis simulations together with galaxy catal…
Host galaxies of merging compact objects: mass, star formation rate, metallicity and colours
M. Celeste Artale, Michela Mapelli, Nicola Giacobbo +4
Characterizing the properties of the host galaxies of merging compact objects provides essential clues to interpret current and future gravitational-wave detections. Here, we inves…
The cosmic merger rate of stellar black hole binaries from the Illustris simulation
Michela Mapelli, Nicola Giacobbo, Emanuele Ripamonti +1
The cosmic merger rate density of black hole binaries (BHBs) can give us an essential clue to constraining the formation channels of BHBs, in light of current and forthcoming gravi…