Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

Young massive clusters (YMCs) are dense aggregates of young stars that form the
fundamental building blocks of galaxies. Several examples exist in the Milky Way Galaxy …

We present a set of 148 independent N-body simulations of globular clusters (GCs)
computed using the code CMC (Cluster Monte Carlo). At an age of∼ 10–13 Gyr, the …

The unprecedented range of second-generation gravitational-wave (GW) observatories calls
for refining the predictions of potential sources and detection rates. The coalescence of …

Theoretical modeling of massive stars predicts a gap in the black hole (BH) mass function
above∼ 40–50 M⊙ for BHs formed through single star evolution, arising from (pulsational) …

Introducing the dragon simulation project, we present direct N-body simulations of four
massive globular clusters (GCs) with 106 stars and 5 per cent primordial binaries at a high …

The high rate of black hole (BH) mergers detected by LIGO/Virgo opened questions on their
astrophysical origin. One possibility is the dynamical channel, in which binary formation and …

Our current understanding of the stellar initial mass function and massive star evolution
suggests that young globular clusters (GCs) may have formed hundreds to thousands of …

Stellar-remnant black holes (BH) in dense stellar clusters have always drawn attention due
to their potential in a number of phenomena, especially the dynamical formation of binary …

The study of stellar-remnant black holes (BH) in dense stellar clusters is now in the spotlight,
especially due to their intrinsic ability to form binary black holes (BBH) through dynamical …