Empirical determination of the Galactic neutron star--black hole merger rate using StarTrack models

arXiv:2609.35723 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-09-28 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2026-09-28

Updated: 2026-09-28

Code: https://github.com/devanshkv/PsrPopPy2

Terminology

• Population Synthesis — 12× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Wave Emission — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• High Time Resolution Universe — 2× in this paper
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Observational Selection Effects — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Quantization — 1× in this paper · explained in 12 episodes

Sources

• The DSA-2000 -- A Radio Survey Camera
• Insights into the Milky Way pulsar--black hole population using radio and gravitational wave observations
• Physics of Binary Star Evolution -- from Stars to X-ray Binaries and Gravitational Wave Sources
• Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2.5-4.5 M Compact Object and a Neutron Star
• GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

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