Source class
Black Hole–Neutron Star Merger
The merger of a black hole with a neutron star — the third class of compact-binary merger, first confidently detected in gravitational waves in early 2020. Whether it produces light depends on whether the black hole tears the neutron star apart before swallowing it.
Detectors, messengers & sources
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGravitational-Wave Detection
- Associated withGravitational waves
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- LIGO Scientific CollaborationLIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration
Direct detections of gravitational waves from compact-object mergers.