On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes
The observational stellar-mass black hole mass distribution exhibits a maximum at about 8 M⊙. It can be explained via the details of the massive star evolution, supernova explosions, or consequent black hole evolution. We propose another explanation, connected with an underestimated influence of the...
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doaj-069076cce15a4286b7e03cc3ccd237472021-09-06T19:40:12ZengDe GruyterOpen Astronomy2543-63762014-12-01233-426727110.1515/astro-2017-0190astro-2017-0190On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black HolesMalkov O. Yu.0 Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyatnitskaya St. 48, Moscow 119017, Russian FederationThe observational stellar-mass black hole mass distribution exhibits a maximum at about 8 M⊙. It can be explained via the details of the massive star evolution, supernova explosions, or consequent black hole evolution. We propose another explanation, connected with an underestimated influence of the relation between the initial stellar mass and the compact remnant mass. We show that an unimodal observational mass distribution of black holes can be produced by a power-law initial mass function and a monotonic “remnant mass versus initial mass” relation.https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0190black hole physicsstars: mass functionstars: statistics |
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On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes |
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On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes |
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On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes |
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On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes |
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On the Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes |
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on the mass distribution of stellar-mass black holes |
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De Gruyter |
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Open Astronomy |
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2543-6376 |
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2014-12-01 |
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The observational stellar-mass black hole mass distribution exhibits a maximum at about 8 M⊙. It can be explained via the details of the massive star evolution, supernova explosions, or consequent black hole evolution. We propose another explanation, connected with an underestimated influence of the relation between the initial stellar mass and the compact remnant mass. We show that an unimodal observational mass distribution of black holes can be produced by a power-law initial mass function and a monotonic “remnant mass versus initial mass” relation. |
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black hole physics stars: mass function stars: statistics |
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