No Peaks without Valleys: The Stable Mass Transfer Channel for Gravitational-wave Sources in Light of the Neutron Star–Black Hole Mass Gap

The Uncertain Future of Massive Binaries Obscures the Origin of LIGO/Virgo Sources

(2022) K. Belczynski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Semiparametric Modeling of LIGO–Virgo’s Binary Black Hole Mass Distribution

(2022) Bruce Edelman et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Merger Rate Density of Binary Black Holes through Isolated Population I, II, III and Extremely Metal-poor Binary Star Evolution

(2022) Ataru Tanikawa et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Formation of the Double White Dwarf Binary PTF J0533+0209 through Stable Mass Transfer?

(2022) Hai-Liang Chen et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Rapid Stellar and Binary Population Synthesis with COMPAS

(2022) Jeff Riley et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

Stable Mass Transfer Can Explain Massive Binary Black Hole Mergers with a High-spin Component

(2022) Yong Shao et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Redshift Evolution of the Binary Black Hole Merger Rate: A Weighty Matter

(2022) L. A. C. van Son et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Exploring Features in the Binary Black Hole Population

(2022) Vaibhav Tiwari   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

(2022) Chris L. Fryer et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Apples and Oranges: Comparing Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries and Gravitational-wave Sources

(2022) Maya Fishbach et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Unicorns and giraffes in the binary zoo: stripped giants with subgiant companions

(2022) Kareem El-Badry et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Merging stellar-mass binary black holes

(2022) Ilya Mandel et al.   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

An Isolated Stellar-mass Black Hole Detected through Astrometric Microlensing*

(2022) Kailash C. Sahu et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Gaia May Detect Hundreds of Well-characterized Stellar Black Holes

(2022) Chirag Chawla et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Bridging the Gap: Categorizing Gravitational-wave Events at the Transition between Neutron Stars and Black Holes

(2022) Amanda Farah et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Suspicious Siblings: The Distribution of Mass and Spin across Component Black Holes in Isolated Binary Evolution

(2022) Michael Zevin et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

An Isolated Mass-gap Black Hole or Neutron Star Detected with Astrometric Microlensing

(2022) Casey Y. Lam et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Impact of massive binary star and cosmic evolution on gravitational wave observations II: Double compact object rates and properties

(2022) Floor S Broekgaarden et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The ‘Giraffe’: Discovery of a stripped red giant in an interacting binary with a ∼2 M⊙ lower giant

(2022) T Jayasinghe et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Spectral Sirens: Cosmology from the Full Mass Distribution of Compact Binaries

(2022) Jose María Ezquiaga et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Inferring the Neutron Star Maximum Mass and Lower Mass Gap in Neutron Star–Black Hole Systems with Spin

(2022) Christine Ye et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Signatures of Mass Ratio Reversal in Gravitational Waves from Merging Binary Black Holes

(2022) Floor S. Broekgaarden et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Gravitational Wave Sources in Our Galactic Backyard: Predictions for BHBH, BHNS, and NSNS Binaries Detectable with LISA

(2022) T. Wagg et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The role of supernova convection for the lower mass gap in the isolated binary formation of gravitational wave sources

(2022) Aleksandra Olejak et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Population properties and multimessenger prospects of neutron star-black hole mergers following GWTC-3

(2022) Sylvia Biscoveanu et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The impact of mass-transfer physics on the observable properties of field binary black hole populations

(2021) S. S. Bavera et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The role of mass transfer and common envelope evolution in the formation of merging binary black holes

(2021) P. Marchant et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

One Channel to Rule Them All? Constraining the Origins of Binary Black Holes Using Multiple Formation Pathways

(2021) Michael Zevin et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

(2021) R. Abbott et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

A unicorn in monoceros: the 3 M⊙ dark companion to the bright, nearby red giant V723 Mon is a non-interacting, mass-gap black hole candidate

(2021) T Jayasinghe et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Chemically Homogeneous Evolution: A rapid population synthesis approach

(2021) Jeff Riley et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Impact of common envelope development criteria on the formation of LIGO/Virgo sources

(2021) A. Olejak et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Confirming NGC 6231 as the parent cluster of the runaway high-mass X-ray binary HD 153919/4U 1700-37 with Gaia DR2

(2021) V. van der Meij et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A Flexible Gaussian Process Reconstruction Method and the Mass Function of the Coalescing Binary Black Hole Systems

(2021) Yin-Jie Li et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Emergence of Structure in the Binary Black Hole Mass Distribution

(2021) Vaibhav Tiwari et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Impact of Massive Binary Star and Cosmic Evolution on Gravitational Wave Observations I: Black Hole – Neutron Star Mergers

(2021) Floor S Broekgaarden et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

First and second-generation black hole and neutron star mergers in 2+2 quadruples: population statistics

(2021) Adrian S Hamers et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Gravitational waves as a probe of globular cluster formation and evolution

(2021) Isobel M Romero-Shaw et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Detailed models of interacting short-period massive binary stars

(2021) K. Sen et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Populating the Black Hole Mass Gaps in Stellar Clusters: General Relations and Upper Limits

(2021) Johan Samsing et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Characterizing the Observation Bias in Gravitational-wave Detections and Finding Structured Population Properties

(2021) Doğa Veske et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Observed Mass Distribution of Galactic Black Hole LMXBs Is Biased against Massive Black Holes

(2021) Peter G. Jonker et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Binary Black Hole Formation with Detailed Modeling: Stable Mass Transfer Leads to Lower Merger Rates

(2021) Monica Gallegos-Garcia et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Evolution of Accretor Stars in Massive Binaries: Broader Implications from Modeling ζ Ophiuchi

(2021) M. Renzo et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Uncovering astrometric black hole binaries with massive main-sequence companions with Gaia

(2021) S. Janssens et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

(2020) Pauli Virtanen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Properties of OB star-black hole systems derived from detailed binary evolution models

(2020) N. Langer et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Massive donors in interacting binaries: effect of metallicity

(2020) J. Klencki et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

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

(2020) K. Belczynski et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A naked-eye triple system with a nonaccreting black hole in the inner binary

(2020) Th. Rivinius et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Constraining the masses of microlensing black holes and the mass gap with Gaia DR2

(2020) Łukasz Wyrzykowski et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Black hole, neutron star, and white dwarf merger rates in AGN discs

(2020) B McKernan et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Be X-ray binaries in the SMC as indicators of mass-transfer efficiency

(2020) Serena Vinciguerra et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Repeated mergers and ejection of black holes within nuclear star clusters

(2020) Giacomo Fragione et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Array programming with NumPy

(2020) Charles R. Harris et al.   NATURE

SS433: A massive X-ray binary in an advanced evolutionary stage

(2020) Anatol Cherepashchuk et al.   NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS

It has to be cool: supergiant progenitors of binary black hole mergers from common-envelope evolution

(2020) J. Klencki et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Massive runaway and walkaway stars

(2019) M. Renzo et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Black hole growth through hierarchical black hole mergers in dense star clusters: implications for gravitational wave detections

(2019) Fabio Antonini et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE: Binaries in NGC 3201

(2019) B. Giesers et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

STROOPWAFEL: Simulating rare outcomes from astrophysical populations, with application to gravitational-wave sources*

(2019) Floor S Broekgaarden et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The effect of the metallicity-specific star formation history on double compact object mergers

(2019) Coenraad J Neijssel et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei

(2019) Y. Yang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A noninteracting low-mass black hole–giant star binary system

(2019) Todd A. Thompson et al.   SCIENCE

Accuracy of inference on the physics of binary evolution from gravitational-wave observations

(2018) Jim W Barrett et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Multidimensional simulations of ultrastripped supernovae to shock breakout

(2018) Bernhard Müller et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

(2018) B. P. Abbott et al.   Living Reviews in Relativity

The progenitors of compact-object binaries: impact of metallicity, common envelope and natal kicks

(2018) Nicola Giacobbo et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

On the formation history of Galactic double neutron stars

(2018) Alejandro Vigna-Gómez et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

On the rate of black hole binary mergers in galactic nuclei due to dynamical hardening

(2017) N W C Leigh et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamical formation of black hole low-mass X-ray binaries in the field: an alternative to the common envelope

(2017) Jakub Klencki et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Formation pathway of Population III coalescing binary black holes through stable mass transfer

(2017) Kohei Inayoshi et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Hunting black holes with Gaia

(2017) Natalie Mashian et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Merging black hole binaries: the effects of progenitor's metallicity, mass-loss rate and Eddington factor

(2017) Nicola Giacobbo et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Double neutron stars: merger rates revisited

(2017) Martyna Chruslinska et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Forming short-period Wolf–Rayet X-ray binaries and double black holes through stable mass transfer

(2017) E. P. J. van den Heuvel et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A new route towards merging massive black holes

(2016) Pablo Marchant et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Tidal capture formation of low-mass X-ray binaries from wide binaries in the field

(2016) Erez Michaely et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Merging binary black holes formed through chemically homogeneous evolution in short-period stellar binaries

(2016) Ilya Mandel et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Stability of mass transfer from massive giants: double black hole binary formation and ultraluminous X-ray sources

(2016) K. Pavlovskii et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The first gravitational-wave source from the isolated evolution of two stars in the 40–100 solar mass range

(2016) Krzysztof Belczynski et al.   NATURE

A new route towards merging massive black holes

(2016) Pablo Marchant et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The mass spectrum of compact remnants from the parsec stellar evolution tracks

(2015) Mario Spera et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Massive double compact object mergers: gravitational wave sources and r-process element production sites

(2014) N. Mennekens et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

FAILED SUPERNOVAE EXPLAIN THE COMPACT REMNANT MASS FUNCTION

(2014) C. S. Kochanek   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Evolution of Compact Binary Star Systems

(2014) Konstantin A. Postnov et al.   Living Reviews in Relativity

Possible indirect confirmation of the existence of Pop III massive stars by gravitational wave

(2014) Tomoya Kinugawa et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Constraints on core collapse from the black hole mass function

(2014) C. S. Kochanek   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy

(2013) et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

DOUBLE COMPACT OBJECTS. II. COSMOLOGICAL MERGER RATES

(2013) Michal Dominik et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

COMPACT REMNANT MASS FUNCTION: DEPENDENCE ON THE EXPLOSION MECHANISM AND METALLICITY

(2012) Chris L. Fryer et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MASS MEASUREMENTS OF BLACK HOLES IN X-RAY TRANSIENTS: IS THERE A MASS GAP?

(2012) Laura Kreidberg et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

DOUBLE COMPACT OBJECTS. I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COMMON ENVELOPE ON MERGER RATES

(2012) Michal Dominik et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ON THE FORMATION OF DOUBLE WHITE DWARFS THROUGH STABLE MASS TRANSFER AND A COMMON ENVELOPE

(2011) T. E. Woods et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF STELLAR-MASS BLACK HOLES

(2011) Will M. Farr et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

BINARIES MIGRATING IN A GASEOUS DISK: WHERE ARE THE GALACTIC CENTER BINARIES?

(2010) C. Baruteau et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE BLACK HOLE MASS DISTRIBUTION IN THE GALAXY

(2010) Feryal Özel et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

(2010) J Abadie et al.   CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

Massive binaries as the source of abundance anomalies in globular clusters

(2009) S. E. de Mink et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Compact Object Modeling with the StarTrack Population Synthesis Code

(2007) Krzysztof Belczynski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES