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evidence
source-boundtheoretical · manual state transition
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Evidence and conditions
method
manual state transition
evidence type
theoretical
conditions
Provenance
source title
Rodríguez et al. 2018 & Spera et al. 2019 (competing formation models)
doi
10.1088/1361-6382/aaab76
authors
reviewer:will-blair
Standard field binary formation channels (common envelope, CHE) cannot easily produce the observed population of 5–65 Msun black holes; dynamical formation in dense clusters predicts these masses but introduces disagreement on spin and metallicity scaling.
vs_a86caf7af9069762 · manual_curation
outgoing
vf_73ce6d568cfb41caFormation channel inference requires population-level spin measurements, which are biased by prior choice in hierarchical analysis
vf_d996d333f3475b7fFormation channel (field vs dynamical) predicts different redshift evolution; metallicity-dependent formation rate scaling affects rate inference at high-z
events
vev_10c97d8b9cc325f5finding.assertedManual finding added to frontier state
reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
reviewable changes
vpr_416b612a3ac7f339finding.addManual finding added to frontier state
applied · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
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