Mass-gap mergers in active galactic nuclei

The recently discovered gravitational wave sources GW190521 and GW190814 have shown evidence of BH mergers with masses and spins outside of the range expected from isolated stellar evolution. These merging objects could have undergone previous mergers. Such hierarchical mergers are predicted to be f...

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Main Authors: Tagawa, H, Kocsis, B, Haiman, Z, Bartos, I, Omukai, K, Samsing, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2021