European Research Council (ERCTwo stars merge. A black hole forms. But how?
ERC grantee astrophysicist Ondřej Pejcha @CharlesUniPRG used cutting-edge 3D simulations to illuminate one of astrophysics' least understood processes. 👉 https://bit.ly/4t4klFd
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https://nitter.net/ERC_Research/status/2038556980709830796#m
Catastrophic Interactions of Binary Stars and the Associated Transients | Cat-In-hAT | Project | Fact Sheet | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission
"One of the crucial formation channels of compact object binaries, including sources of gravitational waves, critically depends on catastrophic binary interactions accompanied by the loss of mass, angular momentum, and energy (""common envelope"" evolution - CEE). Despite its...