Revealing the χeff–q Correlation among Coalescing Binary Black Holes and Tentative Evidence for AGN-driven Hierarchical Mergers

The origin of the correlation between the effective spins ( χ _eff ) and mass ratios ( q ) of LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA’s binary black holes (BBHs) is still an open question. Motivated by the recent identification of two subpopulations of the BBHs, in this work we investigate the potential χ _eff – q correla...

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Main Authors: Yin-Jie Li, Yuan-Zhu Wang, Shao-Peng Tang, Tong Chen, Yi-Zhong Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add535
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