Intrinsic handedness in O1-O4a black-hole mergers: probing orbital precession, remnant retention in dense environments and cosmological mirror asymmetry

arXiv:2606.17752 · gr-qc, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-06-16 · Read on arXiv

Juan Calderón Bustillo, Adrián del Rio, Nicolás Sanchis-Gual, Koustav Chandra

gr-qc, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2026-06-16

Comments: 14 pages, 10 Figures, 3 Appendixes

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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