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unreviewed
frontiers / frontier
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finding statement
finding typeNo entity list is declared.
evidence
source-boundtheoretical · manual state transition
proof impact
packet context1 reviewable changes and 0 evaluation records are attached to this finding id.
Evidence and conditions
method
manual state transition
evidence type
theoretical
conditions
Provenance
source title
LIGO-Virgo Collaboration GWTC-3
doi
10.3847/2041-8213/abdf53
authors
reviewer:will-blair
GWTC-3 shows sparse events in the 2–5 Msun mass range (lower mass gap); unclear whether this is astrophysical (merger channels avoid this range) or observational (selection biases hide detections).
vs_7f708bb2c0e6c173 · manual_curation
outgoing
vf_f07f1775478a3deeMass-gap sparsity at 2–5 Msun suggests NS upper mass limit conflict; GW170817 EOS constraints directly address NS maximum mass via tidal deformability
events
vev_952f7c9138674bcefinding.assertedManual finding added to frontier state
reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
reviewable changes
vpr_0acde3ff125d2b30finding.addManual finding added to frontier state
applied · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
evaluations
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