The detection of GW190521 by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration has revealed the existence of black holes (BHs) in the pair-instability (PI) mass gap. Here, we investigate the formation of BHs in the PI mass gap via star-star collisions in young stellar clusters. To avoid PI, the stellar-collision product must have a relatively small core and a massive envelope. We generate our initial conditions from the outputs of a hydrodynamical simulation of the collision between a core helium burning star (similar to 58 M-circle dot) and a main-sequence star (similar to 42 M-circle dot). The hydrodynamical simulation allows us to take into account the mass lost during the collision (similar to 12 M-circle dot) and to build the chemical composition profile of the post-collision star. We then evolve the collision product with the stellar evolution codes parsec and mesa. We find that the post-collision star evolves through all the stellar burning phases until core collapse, avoiding PI. At the onset of core collapse, the post-collision product is a blue supergiant star. We estimate a total mass-loss of about 1 M-circle dot during the post-collision evolution, due to stellar winds and shocks induced by neutrino emission in a failed supernova. The final BH mass is approximate to 87 M-circle dot. Therefore, we confirm that the collision scenario is a suitable formation channel to populate the PI mass gap.

Formation of black holes in the pair-instability mass gap: Evolution of a post-collision star / Costa, Guglielmo; Ballone, Alessandro; Mapelli, Michela; Bressan, Alessandro. - In: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0035-8711. - 516:1(2022), pp. 1072-1080. [10.1093/mnras/stac2222]

Formation of black holes in the pair-instability mass gap: Evolution of a post-collision star

Costa, Guglielmo;Mapelli, Michela;Bressan, Alessandro
2022-01-01

Abstract

The detection of GW190521 by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration has revealed the existence of black holes (BHs) in the pair-instability (PI) mass gap. Here, we investigate the formation of BHs in the PI mass gap via star-star collisions in young stellar clusters. To avoid PI, the stellar-collision product must have a relatively small core and a massive envelope. We generate our initial conditions from the outputs of a hydrodynamical simulation of the collision between a core helium burning star (similar to 58 M-circle dot) and a main-sequence star (similar to 42 M-circle dot). The hydrodynamical simulation allows us to take into account the mass lost during the collision (similar to 12 M-circle dot) and to build the chemical composition profile of the post-collision star. We then evolve the collision product with the stellar evolution codes parsec and mesa. We find that the post-collision star evolves through all the stellar burning phases until core collapse, avoiding PI. At the onset of core collapse, the post-collision product is a blue supergiant star. We estimate a total mass-loss of about 1 M-circle dot during the post-collision evolution, due to stellar winds and shocks induced by neutrino emission in a failed supernova. The final BH mass is approximate to 87 M-circle dot. Therefore, we confirm that the collision scenario is a suitable formation channel to populate the PI mass gap.
2022
516
1
1072
1080
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2222
https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.03492
Costa, Guglielmo; Ballone, Alessandro; Mapelli, Michela; Bressan, Alessandro
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