Black holes in the low-mass gap: Implications for gravitational-wave observations

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Black holes in the low-mass gap: Implications for gravitational-wave observations. / Gupta, Anuradha; Gerosa, Davide; Arun, K. G.; Berti, Emanuele; Farr, Will M.; Sathyaprakash, B. S.

In: Physical Review D, 05.2020.

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Gupta, A, Gerosa, D, Arun, KG, Berti, E, Farr, WM & Sathyaprakash, BS 2020, 'Black holes in the low-mass gap: Implications for gravitational-wave observations', Physical Review D. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.103036

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Gupta, A., Gerosa, D., Arun, K. G., Berti, E., Farr, W. M., & Sathyaprakash, B. S. (2020). Black holes in the low-mass gap: Implications for gravitational-wave observations. Physical Review D. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.103036

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Gupta A, Gerosa D, Arun KG, Berti E, Farr WM, Sathyaprakash BS. Black holes in the low-mass gap: Implications for gravitational-wave observations. Physical Review D. 2020 May. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.103036

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Gupta, Anuradha ; Gerosa, Davide ; Arun, K. G. ; Berti, Emanuele ; Farr, Will M. ; Sathyaprakash, B. S. / Black holes in the low-mass gap: Implications for gravitational-wave observations. In: Physical Review D. 2020.

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abstract = "Binary neutron-star mergers will predominantly produce black-hole remnants of mass ∼3 - 4 M☉ , thus populating the putative low-mass gap between neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes. If these low-mass black holes are in dense astrophysical environments, mass segregation could lead to {"}second-generation{"} compact binaries merging within a Hubble time. In this paper, we investigate possible signatures of such low-mass compact binary mergers in gravitational-wave observations. We show that this unique population of objects, if present, will be uncovered by the third-generation gravitational-wave detectors, such as Cosmic Explorer and Einstein Telescope. Future joint measurements of chirp mass M and effective spin χeff could clarify the formation scenario of compact objects in the low-mass gap. As a case study, we show that the recent detection of GW190425 (along with GW170817) favors a double Gaussian mass model for neutron stars, under the assumption that the primary in GW190425 is a black hole formed from a previous binary neutron-star merger....",
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