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Table 2.

Current Galactic merger rates for a new and old Galactic SFR and chemical evolution models.

System type New SFR model Old SFR model
[Myr−1] [Myr−1]
BH-BH 81.1/(3.1) 36.2/(0.3)
BH-NS 8.5/(0.7) 2.3/(0.2)
NS-NS 59.0/(14.1) 46.9/(12.9)

Notes. Results for evolutionary model A and B are given in the order A/(B) (see Sect. 2.3).

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