Investigating the Lower Mass Gap with Low-mass X-Ray Binary Population Synthesis

POSYDON: A General-purpose Population Synthesis Code with Detailed Binary-evolution Simulations

(2023) Tassos Fragos et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3

(2023) R. Abbott et al.   Physical Review X

Comparing compact object distributions from mass- and presupernova core structure-based prescriptions

(2022) Rachel A Patton et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

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

An X-ray-quiet black hole born with a negligible kick in a massive binary within the Large Magellanic Cloud

(2022) Tomer Shenar et al.   Nature Astronomy

Final Compact Remnants in Core-collapse Supernovae from 20 to 40 M ⊙: The Lower Mass Gap

(2021) Tong Liu et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The cosmic merger rate density of compact objects: impact of star formation, metallicity, initial mass function, and binary evolution

(2021) Filippo Santoliquido et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2021) Michael Zevin et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

Constraints on the Dense Matter Equation of State and Neutron Star Properties from NICER’s Mass–Radius Estimate of PSR J0740+6620 and Multimessenger Observations

(2021) G. Raaijmakers et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

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

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

(2020) Pauli Virtanen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Simple recipes for compact remnant masses and natal kicks

(2020) Ilya Mandel et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Neutron Star Mass and Radius Measurements

(2019) James M. Lattimer   Universe

Potential kick velocity distribution of black hole X-ray binaries and implications for natal kicks

(2019) P Atri et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2019) Todd A. Thompson et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for a maximum mass cut-off in the neutron star mass distribution and constraints on the equation of state

(2018) Justin Alsing et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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

The impact of electron-capture supernovae on merging double neutron stars

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

Accretion Disks and Coronae in the X-Ray Flashlight

(2017) Nathalie Degenaar et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Masses, Radii, and the Equation of State of Neutron Stars

(2016) Feryal Özel et al.   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

BlackCAT: A catalogue of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray transients

(2016) J. M. Corral-Santana et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

BlackCAT: A catalogue of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray transients

(2016) J. M. Corral-Santana et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy

(2013) et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS

(2013) Bill Paxton et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

Black holes in short period X-ray binaries and the transition to radiatively inefficient accretion

(2013) G. Knevitt et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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

MISSING BLACK HOLES UNVEIL THE SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION MECHANISM

(2012) Krzysztof Belczynski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars

(2012) H. Sana et al.   SCIENCE

THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF STELLAR-MASS BLACK HOLES

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

THE EVOLUTION OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES AS REVEALED BY THEIR DONOR STARS

(2011) Christian Knigge et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

The NumPy Array: A Structure for Efficient Numerical Computation

(2011) Stéfan van der Walt et al.   COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Mass models of the Milky Way

(2011) Paul J. McMillan   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

THE BLACK HOLE MASS DISTRIBUTION IN THE GALAXY

(2010) Feryal Özel et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA)

(2010) Bill Paxton et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

Stability of helium accretion discs in ultracompact binaries

(2008) J.-P. Lasota et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Compact Object Modeling with the StarTrack Population Synthesis Code

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