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most citedCOSMIC Variance in Binary Population Synthesis

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astro-ph.HE2026

When the stars don't align: Investigating inconsistencies in binary black hole formation across population synthesis codes

Alexandra G. Guerrero, Michael Zevin, Duncan B. Maclean +4

Binary population synthesis (BPS) codes are valuable tools for investigating the end-to-end lives of binary stars as well as a myriad of observed astrophysical phenomena. Many ``ra…

astro-ph.GA2026

Charting the Galactic Underworld I: Comprehensive simulations of the kinematics, rates, and demographics of Milky Way black holes

Tom Wagg, Katelyn Breivik, Adrian M. Price-Whelan +3

With upcoming data from Roman, Gaia DR4, and spectroscopic surveys, we will soon have an unprecedented dataset of Milky Way black holes (BHs) to constrain their formation and evolu…

astro-ph.HE2026

A new model for the continuum spectra of AM CVn binaries and multi-messenger inference with normalizing flows

Nathan Steinle, Samar Safi-Harb, Austin MacMaster +5

Future electromagnetic telescopes, such as , , and an -like mission, along with milli-Hz gravitational-wave (GW) detectors such…

astro-ph.SR2026

LISA's view of the Galactic Halo: forecasts for the Galactic double white dwarf population using Gaia data

Ann-Marsha Alexis, Katelyn Breivik

The population of close double white dwarfs (DWDs) in the Milky Way will make up the largest population of sources resolved by LISA, with a subset of the population having three-di…

astro-ph.HE2026

Twin Peaks: Resolving Features in the Binary Black Hole Mass Function with COSMIC-METISSE

Duncan B. Maclean, Poojan Agrawal, Katelyn Breivik +4

Gravitational waves from inspiraling binary black holes (BBHs) provide insights into the lives and deaths of massive stars. Population synthesis allows us to model these binaries t…

astro-ph.HE2026

Unraveling the Origin of Unequal Mass Gravitational Wave Events: Insights from a Galactic High Mass X-ray Binary

Neev Shah, Mathieu Renzo, Koushik Sen +2

The catalog of Gravitational Wave (GW) events is rapidly growing, providing key insights into the evolution of massive binaries and compact object formation. However, a key challen…