A triple-star channel with two common envelope evolution phases produces merging black hole binaries with positive average χ_eff and a tail of negative values.
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Simulations with a new tidal model in COMPAS predict that merging binary black holes from isolated evolution are strongly biased to low effective spins, with one third below 0.05 and only 3% above 0.5, but the high-spin fraction rises to 15% at higher redshifts.
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Stellar black hole binaries from two common envelope evolution phases in triple stellar systems
A triple-star channel with two common envelope evolution phases produces merging black hole binaries with positive average χ_eff and a tail of negative values.
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Modern tidal interaction models for rapid binary population synthesis: II. Binary black hole formation, mergers, and spins
Simulations with a new tidal model in COMPAS predict that merging binary black holes from isolated evolution are strongly biased to low effective spins, with one third below 0.05 and only 3% above 0.5, but the high-spin fraction rises to 15% at higher redshifts.
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