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Merging rates for compact binaries (double neutron stars or black holes) are calculated based on modern concepts of binary star evolution. It is found that the first laser interferometers, with rms sensitivities of 10-21 at a frequency of 100 Hz, can detect 10-700 black holes and only ∼1 neutron star coalescences in a 1-year integration time. The implications of evolutionary effects for the cosmological origin of gamma ray bursts are also discussed.
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Lipunov, V.M., Postnov, K.A. & Prokhorov, M.E. The Death of Compact Binary Stars. Astrophysics and Space Science 252, 401–413 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000821507640
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