Why Masses of Binary Black Hole Mergers Are Overestimated?

Autor: Michal Křížek, Lawrence Somer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Galaxies, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 52 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4434
DOI: 10.3390/galaxies10020052
Popis: We show that masses of binary black hole mergers are overestimated, since a large gravitational redshift is not taken into account. Such a phenomenon occurs due to time dilation in a close neighborhood of any black hole. This fact allows us to explain a high mass gap between observed binary neutron stars and calculated binary black hole mergers. We also present other reasons why masses of black hole mergers are determined incorrectly.
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