Physics-based phenomenological modeling of binary black hole hierarchical formation 1: Synthetic universes from globular cluster simulations for GWTC

arXiv:2609.05996 · gr-qc, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-05 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-09-05

Updated: 2026-09-05

Comments: 34 pages, 17 figures

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

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