Speaker
Zepei Xing
Description
Neutron star -- black hole (NSBH) merger events bring us new opportunities to constrain theories of stellar and binary evolution and to understand the nature of compact objects. In this work, we investigate the formation of merging NSBH binaries at solar metallicity by performing a binary population synthesis (BPS) study with the new BPS code POSYDON, which incorporates extensive grids of detailed single and binary evolution models, covering the entire evolution of a double compact object progenitor. We explore the evolutionary paths of individual NSBHs originating from different formation channels. Then, we present the population properties and discuss the possibilities of associated electromagnetic counterparts.
| Theoretical Work | Theory |
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Author
Zepei Xing
Co-authors
Dr
Aaron Dotter
Dr
Devina Misra
Dr
Emmanouil Zapartas
Dr
Jeff Andrews
Dr
Konstantinos Kovlakas
Dr
Kyle Rocha
Dr
Meng Sun
Dr
Philipp Srivastava
Dr
Simone Bavera
Tassos Fragos