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Blurry Waves

Black holes and neutron stars are the final products of the collapsed cores of massive stars.

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We now detect neutron stars and black holes merging via the detection of gravitational waves.

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What is the mass spectrum of these objects?

Is their formation associated with a kick?

How do pairs of compact objects form?

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I use multiwavelength, multi epoch spectroscopy to hunt for compact objects in the Local Universe.

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I am leading an ESO Large Programme dedicated to study these questions in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Check out the BLOeM page.


Notable relevant publications:

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An artist's impression of VFTS 243, the first unambiguous dormant stellar-mass black hole detected outside our Galaxy

Shenar et al. 2022, Nature Astronomy

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Image credit: ESO/L. Calçada

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