Evolutionary roads leading to low effective spins, high black hole masses, and O1/O2 rates for LIGO/Virgo binary black holes

K Belczynski, J Klencki, CE Fields, A Olejak… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
All ten LIGO/Virgo binary black hole (BH-BH) coalescences reported following the O1/O2
runs have near-zero effective spins. There are only three potential explanations for this. If the …

The first JWST spectrum of a GRB afterglow: no bright supernova in observations of the brightest GRB of all time, GRB 221009A

AJ Levan, GP Lamb, B Schneider… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) observations of the afterglow of GRB 221009A, the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) …

The Effect of Supernova Convection On Neutron Star and Black Hole Masses

CL Fryer, A Olejak, K Belczynski - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Our understanding of the convective-engine paradigm driving core-collapse supernovae
has been used for two decades to predict the remnant mass distribution from stellar …

The spins of compact objects born from helium stars in binary systems

J Fuller, W Lu - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The angular momentum (AM) content of massive stellar cores helps us to determine the
natal spin rates of neutron stars and black holes. Asteroseismic measurements of low-mass …

Three-dimensional Hydrodynamic Simulations of Convective Nuclear Burning in Massive Stars Near Iron Core Collapse

CE Fields, SM Couch - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonspherical structure in massive stars at the point of iron core collapse can have a
qualitative impact on the properties of the ensuing core-collapse supernova explosions and …

Constraints on compact binary merger evolution from spin-orbit misalignment in gravitational-wave observations

BP Gompertz, M Nicholl, P Schmidt… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The identification of the first confirmed neutron star–black hole (NS-BH) binary mergers by
the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaboration provides the opportunity to investigate the …

Multimessenger diagnostics of the engine behind core-collapse supernovae

CL Fryer, E Burns, A Hungerford… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Core-collapse supernova explosions play a wide role in astrophysics by producing compact
remnants (neutron stars or black holes) and the synthesis and injection of many heavy …

Abundances and Transients from Neutron Star–White Dwarf Mergers

MAR Kaltenborn, CL Fryer, RT Wollaeger… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We systematically investigate the mergers of neutron star–white dwarf binaries from
beginning to end, with a focus on the properties of the inflows and outflows in accretion disks …

Binary population synthesis models for core-collapse gamma-ray burst progenitors

AA Chrimes, ER Stanway… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are understood to be the final fate for a subset of
massive, stripped envelope, rapidly rotating stars. Beyond this, our knowledge of the …

Plastics can be a carbon sink but only under stringent conditions

S Suh, A Bardow - 2022 - nature.com
Plastics can be a carbon sink but only under stringent conditions Skip to main content Thank
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