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Surprises from the spins: astrophysics and relativity with detections of spinning black-hole mergers

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Davide Gerosa

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Submitted 27 Nov 2017

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The authors' main claim Black-hole spins indeed hide remarkable surprises on both fronts: morphologies, resonances, constraints on supernova kicks, multiple merger generations and more...

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CitationDavide Gerosa. "Surprises from the spins: astrophysics and relativity with detections of spinning black-hole mergers." arXiv:1711.10038 (2017). https://pith.science/paper/FOXQOG6X
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Measurements of black-hole spins are of crucial importance to fulfill the promise of gravitational-wave astronomy. On the astrophysics side, spins are perhaps the cleanest indicator of black-hole evolutionary processes, thus providing a preferred way to discriminate how LIGO's black holes form. On the relativity side, spins are responsible for peculiar dynamical phenomena (from precessional modulations in the long inspiral to gravitational-wave recoils at merger) which encode precious information on the underlying astrophysical processes. I present some examples to explore this deep and fascinating interplay between spin dynamics (relativity) and environmental effects (astrophysics). Black-hole spins indeed hide remarkable surprises on both fronts: morphologies, resonances, constraints on supernova kicks, multiple merger generations and more...

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s0 Measurements of black-hole spins are of crucial importance to fulfill the promise of gravitational-wave astronomy. background 1.00 0.06 0.07 asserted 1.00
s1 On the astrophysics side, spins are perhaps the cleanest indicator of black-hole evolutionary processes, thus providing a preferred way to discriminate how LIGO's black holes form. background 0.98 0.05 0.08 hedged possibility 0.68
s2 On the relativity side, spins are responsible for peculiar dynamical phenomena (from precessional modulations in the long inspiral to gravitational-wave recoils at merger) which encode precious information on the underlying astrophysical processes. background 0.99 0.06 0.09 asserted 1.00
s3 I present some examples to explore this deep and fascinating interplay between spin dynamics (relativity) and environmental effects (astrophysics). contribution 0.99 0.72 0.08 asserted 0.62
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Measurements of black-hole spins are of crucial importance to fulfill the promise of gravitational-wave astronomy. On the astrophysics side, spins are perhaps the cleanest indicator of black-hole evolutionary processes, thus providing a preferred way to discriminate how LIGO's black holes form. On the relativity side, spins are responsible for peculiar dynamical phenomena (from precessional modulations in the long inspiral to gravitational-wave recoils at merger) which encode precious information on the underlying astrophysical processes. I present some examples to explore this deep and fascinating interplay between spin dynamics (relativity) and environmental effects (astrophysics). Black-hole spins indeed hide remarkable surprises on both fronts: morphologies, resonances, constraints on supernova kicks, multiple merger generations and more...

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  • For instance, the unexpected high mass of some of the events can only be modeled if systems form in a low metallicity environment ($Z≲0.5 Z_⊙$), where stellar winds are suppressed [ref] .

    Astrophysical Implications of the Binary Black-Hole Merger GW150914 · Introduction · 0.96

  • For instance, the unexpected high mass of some of the events can only be modeled if systems form in a low metallicity environment ($Z≲0.5 Z_⊙$), where stellar winds are suppressed [ref] .

    When and where did GW150914 form? · Introduction · 0.96

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  • Fig. 1 in [ref] ).

    Multi-timescale analysis of phase transitions in precessing black-hole binaries · Timescales and morphologies · 0.87

  • There are two main classes of stellar-based BH-binary formation models, depending on whether the two BHs have spent all their lives together as a binary star [ref] , or they rather evolved separately and later met to form a BH binary [ref] (see Fig. [ref] for a schematic diagram).

    Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters · Introduction · 0.98

  • There are two main classes of stellar-based BH-binary formation models, depending on whether the two BHs have spent all their lives together as a binary star [ref] , or they rather evolved separately and later met to form a BH binary [ref] (see Fig. [ref] for a schematic diagram).

    The Evolution of Compact Binary Star Systems · Introduction · 0.98

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