Normal view

Received — 2 April 2026 ⏭ Journals

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds
Evidence of the pair-instability gap from black-hole masses Hui Tong · Maya Fishbach · Eric Thrane · Matthew Mould · Thomas A. Callister · Amanda M. Farah · Nir Guttman · Sharan Banagiri · Daniel Beltran-Martinez · Ben Farr · Shanika Galaudage · Jaxen Godfrey · Jack Heinzel · Marios Kalomenopoulos · Simona J. Miller · Aditya Vijaykumar
Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10359-0LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA’s fourth Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog shows evidence of a clear pair-instability gap in the distribution of binary black-hole secondary masses but is absent in the larger primary masses.
1 April 2026 at 08:00

Evidence of the pair-instability gap from black-hole masses

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

By: Hui Tong · Maya Fishbach · Eric Thrane · Matthew Mould · Thomas A. Callister · Amanda M. Farah · Nir Guttman · Sharan Banagiri · Daniel Beltran-Martinez · Ben Farr · Shanika Galaudage · Jaxen Godfrey · Jack Heinzel · Marios Kalomenopoulos · Simona J. Miller · Aditya Vijaykumar

1 April 2026 at 08:00

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10359-0

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA’s fourth Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog shows evidence of a clear pair-instability gap in the distribution of binary black-hole secondary masses but is absent in the larger primary masses.