Good things always come in 3s: trimodality in the binary black-hole chirp-mass distribution supports bimodal black-hole formation

arXiv:2510.07573 · astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2025-10-08 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2025-10-08

Updated: 2026-09-24

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