A triple origin for the heavy and low-spin binary black holes detected by LIGO/VIRGO
CL Rodriguez, F Antonini - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The Astrophysical Journal, 2018•iopscience.iop.org
We explore the masses, merger rates, eccentricities, and spins for field binary black holes
(BHs) driven to merger by a third companion through the Lidov–Kozai mechanism. Using a
population synthesis approach, we model the creation of stellar-mass BH triples across a
range of different initial conditions and stellar metallicities. We find that the production of
triple-mediated mergers is enhanced at low metallicities by a factor of∼ 100 due to the lower
BH natal kicks and reduced stellar mass loss. These triples naturally yield heavy binary BHs …
(BHs) driven to merger by a third companion through the Lidov–Kozai mechanism. Using a
population synthesis approach, we model the creation of stellar-mass BH triples across a
range of different initial conditions and stellar metallicities. We find that the production of
triple-mediated mergers is enhanced at low metallicities by a factor of∼ 100 due to the lower
BH natal kicks and reduced stellar mass loss. These triples naturally yield heavy binary BHs …
Abstract
We explore the masses, merger rates, eccentricities, and spins for field binary black holes (BHs) driven to merger by a third companion through the Lidov–Kozai mechanism. Using a population synthesis approach, we model the creation of stellar-mass BH triples across a range of different initial conditions and stellar metallicities. We find that the production of triple-mediated mergers is enhanced at low metallicities by a factor of∼ 100 due to the lower BH natal kicks and reduced stellar mass loss. These triples naturally yield heavy binary BHs with near-zero effective spins, consistent with most of the mergers observed to date. This process produces a merger rate of between 2 and 25 Gpc− 3 yr− 1 in the local universe, suggesting that the Lidov–Kozai mechanism can potentially explain all of the low-spin, heavy BH mergers observed by Advanced LIGO/Virgo. Finally, we show that triples admit a unique eccentricity and spin distribution that will allow this model to be tested in the near future.
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