Effect of metallicity on the gravitational-wave signal from the cosmological population of compact binary coalescences

2012/05/31 by I. Kowalska-Leszczynska, I. Kowalska, T. Regimbau +4 · 41 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Binary number #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Einstein Telescope #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Gravitational wave #LIGO #Metallicity #Physics #Population #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424417

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 574, A58 (EDP Sciences) · 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted to A&A

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Abstract

Context. Recent studies on stellar evolution have shown that the properties of compact objects strongly depend on the metallicity of the environment in which they were formed.

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