The Role of Core-collapse Physics in the Observability of Black Hole Neutron Star Mergers as Multimessenger Sources

Román-Garza, Jaime and Bavera, Simone S. and Fragos, Tassos and Zapartas, Emmanouil and Misra, Devina and Andrews, Jeff and Coughlin, Scotty and Dotter, Aaron and Kovlakas, Konstantinos and Serra, Juan Gabriel and Qin, Ying and Rocha, Kyle A. and Tran, Nam Hai (2021) The Role of Core-collapse Physics in the Observability of Black Hole Neutron Star Mergers as Multimessenger Sources. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 912 (2). L23. ISSN 2041-8205

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Abstract

Recent 1D core-collapse simulations indicate a nonmonotonicity of the explodability of massive stars with respect to their precollapse core masses, which is in contrast to commonly used prescriptions. In this work, we explore the implications of these results on the formation of coalescing black hole (BH)–neutron star (NS) binaries. Furthermore, we investigate the effects of natal kicks and the NS's radius on the synthesis of such systems and potential electromagnetic counterparts (EMCs) linked to them. Models based on 1D core-collapse simulations result in a BH–NS merger detection rate ( ∼ 2.3 yr−1), 5–10 times larger than the predictions of "standard" prescriptions. This is primarily due to the formation of low-mass BHs via direct collapse, and hence no natal kicks, favored by the 1D simulations. The fraction of observed systems that will produce an EMC, with the supernova engine from 1D simulations, ranges from 2% to 25%, depending on the NS equation of state. Notably, in most merging systems with EMCs, the NS is the first-born compact object, as long as the NS's radius is ≲ 12 km. Furthermore, models with negligible kicks for low-mass BHs increase the detection rate of GW190426_152155-like events to ∼ 0.6 yr−1, with an associated probability of EMC ≤10% for all supernova engines. Finally, models based on 1D core-collapse simulations predict a ratio of BH–NSs to binary BHs' merger rate density that is at least twice as high as other prescriptions, but at the same time overpredicting the measured local merger density rate of binary black holes.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Open Research Librarians > Physics and Astronomy
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Date Deposited: 11 May 2023 09:02
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024 04:55
URI: http://stm.e4journal.com/id/eprint/916

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