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We investigate black hole-star binaries formed in $N$-body simulations of massive, dense star clusters. We simulate 32 clusters with varying initial masses ($10^{4}~\rm M_{\odot}$ to $10^{6}~\rm M_{\odot}$), densities ($1200~\rm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-21 Federico Fantoccoli , Jordan Barber , Fani Dosopoulou , Debatri Chattopadhyay , Fabio Antonini

Gaia BH3 is the first observed dormant black hole (BH) with a mass of $\approx{30}$ M$_\odot$ and represents the first confirmation that such massive BHs are associated with metal-poor stars. Here, we explore the isolated binary formation…

Gaia BHs, black hole (BH) binaries discovered from database of an astrometric telescope Gaia, pose a question to the standard binary evolution model. We have assessed if Gaia BHs can be formed through dynamical capture in open clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-26 Ataru Tanikawa , Savannah Cary , Minori Shikauchi , Long Wang , Michiko S. Fujii

The recent discovery of two detached black hole-star (BH-star) binaries from Gaia's third data release has sparkled interest in understanding the formation mechanisms of these systems. We investigate the formation of these systems by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-26 Ugo Niccolò Di Carlo , Poojan Agrawal , Carl L. Rodriguez , Katelyn Breivik

A $33\,M_\odot$ black hole (BH) was recently discovered in an 11.6-year binary only 590 pc from the Sun. The system, Gaia BH3, contains a $0.8\,M_\odot$ low-metallicity giant ($\rm [M/H]=-2.2$) that is a member of the ED-2 stellar stream.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-17 Kareem El-Badry

Based on astrometric measurements and spectral analysis from $Gaia$ DR3, two quiescent black hole (BH) binaries, $Gaia$ BH1 and BH2, have been identified. Their origins remain controversial, particularly for $Gaia$ BH1. By considering a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-15 Zhuowen Li , Chunhua Zhu , Xizhen Lu , Guoliang Lü , Lin Li , Helei Liu , Sufen Guo , Jinlong Yu

Context. The black holes discovered using Gaia, especially Gaia BH1 and BH2, have low mass companions of solar-like metallicity in wide orbits. For standard isolated binary evolution formation channels including interactions such an extreme…

The two systems, namely, Gaia~BH1 and Gaia~BH2, that have been confirmed as dormant (i.e., no X-ray emission detected) black hole (BH) - low-mass star binaries in the latest Gaia mission data release (DR3) are intriguing in the context of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-18 Iwona Kotko , Sambaran Banerjee , Krzysztof Belczynski

Gaia mission offers opportunities to search for compact binaries not involved in binary interactions (hereafter inert compact binaries), and results in the discoveries of binaries containing one black hole (BH) or one neutron star (NS),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-20 Ataru Tanikawa , Long Wang , Michiko S. Fujii

Recently, several non-interacting black hole-stellar binaries have been identified in Gaia data. For example, Gaia BH1, where a Sun-like star is in a moderate eccentricity (e=0.44), 185-day orbit around a black hole. This orbit is difficult…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-23 A. Generozov , H. B. Perets

Astrometry from Gaia has enabled discovery of three dormant black holes (BHs) in au-scale binaries. Numerous models have been proposed to explain their formation, including several that have forecasted Gaia detections. However, previous…

Gravitational waves from black-hole merging events have revealed a population of extra-galactic BHs residing in short-period binaries with masses that are higher than expected based on most stellar evolution models - and also higher than…

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Nienartowicz , F. Pailler , F. Riclet , W. Roux , R. Sordo , G. Gracia-Abril , J. Portell , M. Altmann , K. Benson , J. Berthier , P. W. Burgess , D. Busonero , G. Busso , C. Cacciari , H. Cánovas , J. M. Carrasco , B. Carry , A. Cellino , N. Cheek , G. Clementini , Y. Damerdji , M. Davidson , P. de Teodoro , L. Delchambre , A. Dell'Oro , E. Fraile Garcia , D. Garabato , P. García-Lario , R. Haigron , N. C. Hambly , D. L. Harrison , D. Hatzidimitriou , J. Hernández , D. Hestroffer , S. T. Hodgkin , S. Jamal , G. Jevardat de Fombelle , S. Jordan , A. Krone-Martins , A. C. Lanzafame , W. Löffler , A. Lorca , O. Marchal , P. M. Marrese , A. Moitinho , K. Muinonen , M. Nuñez Campos , I. Oreshina-Slezak , P. Osborne , E. Pancino , T. Pauwels , A. Recio-Blanco , M. Riello , L. Rimoldini , A. C. Robin , T. Roegiers , L. M. Sarro , M. Schultheis , M. Smith , A. Sozzetti , E. Utrilla , M. van Leeuwen , K. Weingrill , U. Abbas , P. Ábrahám , A. Abreu Aramburu , S. Ahmed , G. Altavilla , M. A. 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Black hole-main sequence star (BH-MS) binaries are one of the targets of the future data releases of the astrometric satellite {\it Gaia}. They are supposed to be formed in two main sites: a galactic field and star clusters. However,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-27 Minori Shikauchi , Jun Kumamoto , Ataru Tanikawa , Michiko S. Fujii

The Gaia mission and its follow-up observations have discovered a few candidates of non-interacting single black holes (BHs) and visible stars, Gaia BH1, BH2, and BH3, collectively called ``astrometric BH binaries''. This paper investigates…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-26 Ataru Tanikawa , Long Wang , Michiko S. Fujii , Alessandro A. Trani , Toshinori Hayashi , Yasushi Suto

Astrometric satellite Gaia is expected to observe non-interacting black hole (BH) binaries with luminous companions (LCs) (hereafter BH-LC binaries), a different population from BH X-ray binaries previously discovered. The detectability of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Minori Shikauchi , Ataru Tanikawa , Norita Kawanaka

We estimate formation rates of LB-1-like systems through dynamical interactions in the framework of the theory of stellar evolution before the discovery of the LB-1 system. The LB-1 system contains $\sim 70M_\odot$ black hole (BH),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-20 Ataru Tanikawa , Tomoya Kinugawa , Jun Kumamoto , Michiko S. Fujii

We investigate properties of black hole (BH) binaries formed in globular clusters via dynamical processes, using direct N-body simulations. We pay attention to effects of BH mass function on the total mass and mass ratio distributions of BH…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-12 Dawoo Park , Chunglee Kim , Hyung Mok Lee , Yeong-Bok Bae , Chris Belczynski

Preliminary astrometric data from the fourth data release of the $Gaia$ mission revealed a 33 M$_{\odot}$ dark companion to a metal-poor red giant star, deemed $Gaia$ BH3. This system hosts both the most massive known stellar-origin black…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-26 Zoe Hackshaw , Keith Hawkins , Catherine Manea

Context. The Gaia collaboration announced the discovery of a binary of a massive black hole (33 M$_\odot$) with a low-mass giant star (Gaia BH3) in the ED-2 stellar stream. The properties of this binary, as well as its position in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-29 Daniel Marín Pina , Mark Gieles , Sara Rastello , Clàudia Garcia-Diago , Giuliano Iorio , Marc Ardèvol

We present theoretical models of black hole (BH) populations in young stellar environments, such as starbursts and young star clusters. Using a population synthesis approach we compute the formation rates and characteristic properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Krzysztof Belczynski , Aleksander Sadowski , Frederic A. Rasio
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