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Can Thorne-Zytkow objects source GW1908-14 type events?

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Abstract

We consider scenarios where a mass gap black hole is formed as the end state of a Thorne-Zytkow object: a red giant with a neutron star in its core. We estimate the rate for such mass gap objects to subsequently merge with a black hole.

Publication: arXiv:2106.07662

Presenters

  • David Garfinkle

    Oakland University

Authors

  • David Garfinkle

    Oakland University

  • Ilias Cholis

    Oakland University

  • Konstantinos Kritos

    National Technical University of Athens