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Compact Object Modeling in the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
Claire S. Ye, Kyle Kremer, Carl L. Rodriguez +5
The globular cluster 47~Tucanae (47~Tuc) is one of the most massive star clusters in the Milky Way and is exceptionally rich in exotic stellar populations. For several decades it h…
The Observed Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers can be Entirely Explained by Globular Clusters
Carl L. Rodriguez, Kyle Kremer, Sourav Chatterjee +5
Since the first signal in 2015, the gravitational-wave detections of merging binary black holes (BBHs) by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations (LVC) have completely transformed our un…
Intermediate-mass Black Holes from High Massive-star Binary Fractions in Young Star Clusters
Elena González, Kyle Kremer, Sourav Chatterjee +5
Black holes formed in dense star clusters, where dynamical interactions are frequent, may have fundamentally different properties than those formed through isolated stellar evoluti…
Dynamical Formation Scenarios for GW190521 and Prospects for Decihertz Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with GW190521-Like Binaries
A. Miguel Holgado, Alexis Ortega, Carl L. Rodriguez
The gravitational-wave (GW) detection of GW190521 has provided new insights on the mass distribution of black holes and new constraints for astrophysical formation channels. With i…
One Channel to Rule Them All? Constraining the Origins of Binary Black Holes using Multiple Formation Pathways
Michael Zevin, Simone S. Bavera, Christopher P. L. Berry +7
The second LIGO-Virgo catalog of gravitational wave transients has more than quadrupled the observational sample of binary black holes. We analyze this catalog using a suite of fiv…
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 (…