On 2019 April 25, the LIGO/Virgo Scientific Collaboration detected a compact binary coalescence, GW190425. Under the assumption of the binary neutron star (BNS), the total mass of 3.4−0.1+0.3M⊙ lies five standard deviations away from the known Galactic population mean. In the standard common envelope scenario, the immediate progenitor of GW190425 is a close binary system composed of an NS and a He-rich star. With the detailed binary evolutionary modeling, we find that in order to reproduce GW190425-like events, super-Eddington accretion (e.g., 1,000M˙Edd) from a He-rich star onto the first-born NS with a typical mass of 1.33 M⊙ via stable Case BB mass transfer (MT) is necessarily required. Furthermore, the immediate progenitors should potentially have an initial mass of MZamsHe in a range of 3.0−3.5M⊙ and an initial orbital period of Pinit from 0.08 days to 0.12 days, respectively. The corresponding mass accreted onto NSs via stable Case BB MT phase varies from 0.70M⊙ to 0.77M⊙. After the formation of the second-born NS, the BNSs are expected to be merged due to gravitational wave emission from ∼ 11 Myr to ∼ 190 Myr.
@article{arxiv.2309.05189,
title = {Super-Eddington Accretion as a Possible Scenario to Form GW190425},
author = {W. T. Zhang and Z. H. T. Wang and J. -P. Zhu and R. -C. Hu and X. W. Shu and Q. W. Tang and S. X. Yi and F. Lyu and E. W. Liang and Y. Qin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.05189},
year = {2023}
}