Fig. 25.

Comparison of the local merger rate densities of BH-BH and BH-NS mergers from all our models (see Table 3) with the current limits: 9.7−101 Gpc−3 yr−1 for the BH-BH mergers (LIGO/Virgo O1/O2) and 1.6−60 Gpc−3 yr−1 for the BH-NS events (based on the LIGO/Virgo O3 candidate of the first BH-NS system, S190814bv, LVC 2019a,b; see Appendix A.9 for details). Models that are consistent with the observational limits: M13.A, M23.A, M33.A, M43.A, M23.B, M25.B, M30.B, M40.B, M50.B, M60.B, M70.B. We also note that the BH-NS merger rates from our models span the range between 0.48 and 297 Gpc−3 yr−1, which is consistent with the upper limit determined by their non-detection in O1/O2 LIGO/Virgo runs (< 610 Gpc−3 yr−1, Abbott et al. 2019b).
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