{"id":8,"date":"2017-06-06T13:33:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-06-06T13:33:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:33:28","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Aims and rationale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The evolution of stars is driven by both their internal chemical composition &amp; total mass. A significant fraction, perhaps most, of the stars are born in binary- or <strong>multiple systems<\/strong> and may evolve to become solar-mass binaries of <strong>black holes<\/strong> (BBH\u2019s) and other such compact remnants. The detection in late 2015 of <em>gravitational waves<\/em> (GW) from a coalescing stellar-mass BBH by the LIGO interferometer has opened up a new window for astrophysical research with wide-ranging implications for our understanding of the Universe.<br \/>\nThis collaborative research project will focus on exploring key questions related to the origin of binary stars and BBH\u2019s, with the goal to determine their links with high-energy flares and GW\u2019s. To that end we will implement a two-part programme:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>one part covering the early evolution of massive and multiple stars at birth;<\/li>\n<li>the second part of the programme will examine the evolution of these rich populations, embedded in the host galaxy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One key objective is to pin down the overall <strong>rates and mass distribution<\/strong> of BBHs, so as to put their origin in a clearer perspective with respect to observations.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes https:\/\/www.black-holes.org\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The evolution of stars is driven by both their internal chemical composition &amp; total mass. A significant fraction, perhaps most, of the stars are born in binary- or multiple systems and may evolve to become solar-mass binaries of black holes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/blackholebinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}