Distribution of mass ratios in compact object binaries

Tomasz Bulik; Krzysztof Belczynski; Vicky Kalogera

doi:10.1117/12.458968

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26 February 2003 Distribution of mass ratios in compact object binaries

Tomasz Bulik, Krzysztof Belczynski, Vicky Kalogera

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Proceedings Volume 4856, Gravitational-Wave Detection; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458968
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

Using the Star Track population synthesis code we compute the distribution of masses of merging compact object (black hole or neutron star) binaries. The shape of the mass distribution is sensitive to some parameters governing the stellar binary evolution. We discuss the possibility of constraining stellar evolution models using mass measurements abtained from detection of compact object inspiral with upcoming gravitational-wave observatories.

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Tomasz Bulik, Krzysztof Belczynski, and Vicky Kalogera "Distribution of mass ratios in compact object binaries", Proc. SPIE 4856, Gravitational-Wave Detection, (26 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458968

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