Tidal Spin-up of Black Hole Progenitor Stars
Gravitational wave observations indicate the existence of merging black holes (BHs) with high spin ( a ≳ 0.3), whose formation pathways are still an open question. A possible way to form those binaries is through the tidal spin-up of a Wolf–Rayet (WR) star by its BH companion. In this work, we inves...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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| Series: | The Astrophysical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acdb74 |