Are LIGO's Black Holes Made from Smaller Black Holes?

Fishbach, M; Holz, DE; Farr, B

Fishbach, M (reprint author), Univ Chicago, Dept Astron & Astrophys, 5640 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, 2017; 840 (2):

Abstract

One proposed formation channel for stellar mass black holes (BHs) is through hierarchical mergers of smaller BHs. Repeated mergers between comparable ......

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