Hierarchical black hole triples in young star clusters: impact of Kozai–Lidov resonance on mergers

A new route towards merging massive black holes

(2016) Pablo Marchant et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Dynamical formation and scattering of hierarchical triples: cross-sections, Kozai–Lidov oscillations, and collisions

(2016) Joseph M. O. Antognini et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Planet–disc evolution and the formation of Kozai–Lidov planets

(2016) Rebecca G. Martin et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Massive black hole binaries from runaway collisions: the impact of metallicity

(2016) Michela Mapelli   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

Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

(2016) B. P. Abbott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

(2016) B. P. Abbott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

(2016) B. P. Abbott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A Dynamical Gravitational Wave Source in a Dense Cluster

(2016) Jarrod R. Hurley et al.   PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA

A new route towards merging massive black holes

(2016) Pablo Marchant et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Periodic signals from the Circinus region: two new cataclysmic variables and the ultraluminous X-ray source candidate GC X-1

(2015) P. Esposito et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

MOCCA code for star cluster simulations – IV. A new scenario for intermediate mass black hole formation in globular clusters

(2015) Mirek Giersz et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Timescales of Kozai–Lidov oscillations at quadrupole and octupole order in the test particle limit

(2015) J. M. O. Antognini   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Binary Black Hole Mergers from Globular Clusters: Implications for Advanced LIGO

(2015) Carl L. Rodriguez et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

BLACK HOLE TRIPLE DYNAMICS: A BREAKDOWN OF THE ORBIT AVERAGE APPROXIMATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTIONS

(2014) Fabio Antonini et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Rapid eccentricity oscillations and the mergers of compact objects in hierarchical triples

(2014) Joe M. Antognini et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamics of stellar black holes in young star clusters with different metallicities - II. Black hole-black hole binaries

(2014) B. M. Ziosi et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

CYG X-3: A GALACTIC DOUBLE BLACK HOLE OR BLACK-HOLE-NEUTRON-STAR PROGENITOR

(2013) Krzysztof Belczynski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Impact of metallicity on the evolution of young star clusters

(2013) M. Mapelli et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The binary fractions in the massive young Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters NGC 1805 and NGC 1818

(2013) Chengyuan Li et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamics of stellar black holes in young star clusters with different metallicities – I. Implications for X-ray binaries

(2013) M. Mapelli et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Secular dynamics in hierarchical three-body systems

(2013) Smadar Naoz 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

SECULAR EVOLUTION OF COMPACT BINARIES NEAR MASSIVE BLACK HOLES: GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES AND OTHER EXOTICA

(2012) Fabio Antonini et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A fully parallel, high precision, N-body code running on hybrid computing platforms

(2012) R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Black hole–neutron star mergers in globular clusters

(2012) Drew Clausen et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

ACCELERATING COMPACT OBJECT MERGERS IN TRIPLE SYSTEMS WITH THE KOZAI RESONANCE: A MECHANISM FOR “PROMPT” TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE, GAMMA-RAY BURSTS, AND OTHER EXOTICA

(2011) Todd A. Thompson   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Compact binaries in star clusters - II. Escapers and detection rates

(2011) J. M. B. Downing et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Young Massive Star Clusters

(2010) Simon F. Portegies Zwart et al.   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

ON THE MAXIMUM MASS OF STELLAR BLACK HOLES

(2010) Krzysztof Belczynski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A SURVEY OF STELLAR FAMILIES: MULTIPLICITY OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS

(2010) Deepak Raghavan et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

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

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

Compact binaries in star clusters - I. Black hole binaries inside globular clusters

(2010) J. M. B. Downing et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Ultra-luminous X-ray sources and remnants of massive metal-poor stars

(2010) M. Mapelli et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

IMPLEMENTING FEW-BODY ALGORITHMIC REGULARIZATION WITH POST-NEWTONIAN TERMS

(2008) Seppo Mikkola et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

The Total Merger Rate of Compact Object Binaries in the Local Universe

(2008) Aleksander Sadowski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL