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Table 2.

Relative fractions of BBHs formed through CE and SMT channels combined for some arbitrary parameter space divisions (according to the column labels) for both the intrinsic (underlying) and observed BBH populations.

χeff > 0.1 and Mchirp > 15 M
χeff > 0.1 and Mchirp < 15 M
Mchirp > 15 M
q > 0.8
CE + SMT Intrinsic Detected Intrinsic Detected Intrinsic Detected Intrinsic Detected
αCE ηacc pop. pop. pop. pop. pop. pop. pop. pop.
0.20 1 0.33 0.05 0.27 0.01 0.56 0.88 0.77 0.83
0.35 1 0.38 0.22 0.44 0.08 0.48 0.83 0.61 0.40
0.50 1 0.22 0.12 0.46 0.08 0.42 0.82 0.52 0.37
0.75 1 0.11 0.04 0.46 0.05 0.34 0.83 0.47 0.41

1.00 1 0.09 0.02 0.49 0.03 0.27 0.80 0.45 0.42
2.00 1 0.06 0.01 0.59 0.03 0.15 0.78 0.39 0.29
5.00 1 0.01 0.00 0.53 0.01 0.13 0.82 0.28 0.24
1.00 103 0.08 0.02 0.50 0.03 0.27 0.81 0.45 0.43
1.00 105 0.07 0.13 0.55 0.06 0.22 0.74 0.47 0.68
1.00 109 0.07 0.02 0.55 0.06 0.22 0.71 0.48 0.65

Notes. The columns report the CE efficiency αCE, mass-transfer accretion efficiency limit onto compact objects ηacc in units of Eddington-limit and the relative fraction of events in the parameter space slices: χeff > 0.1 and Mchirp > 15 M, χeff > 0.1 and Mchirp < 15 M, Mchirp > 15 M, and q > 0.8.

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