Black holes in the low mass gap: Implications for gravitational wave observations

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Main Authors:	Gupta, Anuradha, Gerosa, Davide, Arun, K. G., Berti, Emanuele, Farr, Will, Sathyaprakash, B. S.
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2019
Subjects:	General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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