Merging binary black holes formed through double-core evolution

Context. To date, various formation channels of merging events have been heavily explored with the detection of nearly 100 double black hole (BH) merger events reported by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration. In this paper, we systematically investigate an alternative formation scenario: binary BHs (BBHs) formed through double helium stars (hereafter, “double-core evolution channel”). In this scenario, two helium stars (He-rich stars) could be the outcome of the classical isolated binary evolution scenario with and without the common envelope (CE) phase (i.e., CE channel and stable mass transfer channel) or, alternatively, of massive close binaries evolving chemically homogeneously (i.e., CHE channel). Aims. We study the properties (i.e., the chirp masses and the effective spins) of BBHs formed through the double-core evolution and investigate the impact of different efficiencies of angular momentum transport within massive He-rich stars on double-core evolution. Methods. We performed detailed stellar structure and binary evolution calculations that take into account internal rotation and mass loss of He-rich stars as well as tidal interactions in binaries. We systematically studied the parameter space of initial binary He-rich stars, including the initial mass and metallicity of He-rich stars as well as initial orbital periods. Apart from direct core collapse with mass and angular momentum conserved, we also follow the framework in Batta & Ramirez-Ruiz (2019, ArXiv e-prints [arXiv:1904.04835]) to estimate the mass and spin of the resulting BHs. Results. We show that the radii of massive He-rich stars decrease as a function of time, which comes mainly from mass loss and mixing in high metallicity and from mixing in low metallicity. For double He-rich stars with equal masses in binaries, we find that tides start to be at work on the zero age helium main sequence (i.e., the time when a He-rich star starts to burn helium in the core, which is analogous to zero age main sequence for core hydrogen burning) for initial orbital periods not longer than 1.0 day, depending on the initial metallicities. In addition to the stellar mass-loss rate and tidal interactions in binaries, we find that the role of the angular momentum transport efficiency in determining the resulting BH spins becomes stronger when considering BH progenitors originated from a higher metal-metallicity environment. We highlight that the double-core evolution scenario does not always produce fast-spinning BBHs and compare the properties of the BBHs reported from the LVK with our modeling. Conclusions. After detailed binary calculations of double-core evolution, we have confirmed that the spin of the BH is not only determined by the interplay of the binary’s different initial conditions (metallicity, mass, and orbital period) but is also dependent on the angular momentum transport efficiency within its progenitor. We predict that with the sensitivity improvements to the LVK’s next observing run (O4), the sample of merging BBHs will contain more sources with positive but moderate (even high) χeff and part of the events will likely show to have been formed through the double-core evolution channel

Evolution of cosmic star formation in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey

We present a new exploration of the cosmic star formation history and dust obscuration in massive galaxies at redshifts 0.5 1010M⊙ galaxies at 0.5 10. One third of this is accounted for by 450-μm-detected sources, while one-fifth is attributed to UV-luminous sources (brighter than L∗UV), although even these are largely obscured. By extrapolating our results to include all stellar masses, we estimate a total SFRD that is in good agreement with previous results from IR and UV data at z ≲ 3, and from UV-only data at z ∼ 5. The cosmic star formation history undergoes a transition at z ∼ 3–4, as predominantly unobscured growth in the early Universe is overtaken by obscured star formation, driven by the build-up of the most massive galaxies during the peak of cosmic assembly

Bright Strongly Lensed Galaxies at Redshift z~ 6-7 behind the Clusters Abell 1703 and CL0024+161

We report on the discovery of three bright, strongly-lensed objects behind Abell 1703 and CL0024+16 from a dropout search over 25 square arcminutes of deep NICMOS data, with deep ACS optical coverage. They are undetected in the deep ACS images below 8500 A and have clear detections in the J and H bands. Fits to the ACS, NICMOS and IRAC data yield robust photometric redshifts in the range z~6-7 and largely rule out the possibility that they are low-redshift interlopers. All three objects are extended, and resolved into a pair of bright knots. The bright i-band dropout in Abell 1703 has an H-band AB magnitude of 23.9, which makes it one of the brightest known galaxy candidates at z>5.5. Our model fits suggest a young, massive galaxy only ~ 60 million years old with a mass of ~ 1E10 solar mass. The dropout galaxy candidates behind CL0024+16 are separated by 2.5" (~ 2 kpc in the source plane), and have H-band AB magnitudes of 25.0 and 25.6. Lensing models of CL0024+16 suggest that the objects have comparable intrinsic magnitudes of AB ~ 27.3, approximately one magnitude fainter than L* at z~6.5. Their similar redshifts, spectral energy distribution, and luminosities, coupled with their very close proximity on the sky, suggest that they are spatially associated, and plausibly are physically bound. Combining this sample with two previously reported, similarly magnified galaxy candidates at z~6-8, we find that complex systems with dual nuclei may be a common feature of high-redshift galaxies.Comment: 34 pages, 9 figure

Erratum: Evolution of cosmic star formation in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey

Large scale structure and cosmolog

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

We carried out a trans-ancestry genome-wide association and replication study of blood pressure phenotypes among up to 320,251 individuals of East Asian, European and South Asian ancestry. We find genetic variants at 12 new loci to be associated with blood pressure (P = 3.9 × 10-11 to 5.0 × 10-21). The sentinel blood pressure SNPs are enriched for association with DNA methylation at multiple nearby CpG sites, suggesting that, at some of the loci identified, DNA methylation may lie on the regulatory pathway linking sequence variation to blood pressure. The sentinel SNPs at the 12 new loci point to genes involved in vascular smooth muscle (IGFBP3, KCNK3, PDE3A and PRDM6) and renal (ARHGAP24, OSR1, SLC22A7 and TBX2) function. The new and known genetic variants predict increased left ventricular mass, circulating levels of NT-proBNP, and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality (P = 0.04 to 8.6 × 10-6). Our results provide new evidence for the role of DNA methylation in blood pressure regulation

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Convergence of the extended Lagrangian support vector machine

International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics53146-314