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Table 4.
Best-fit parameters and 1σ uncertainties obtained by fitting the merger fractions and merger rates with a power-law plus exponential functional form of the type α(1 + z)m exp(β(1 + z)).
| TMM | α | m | β |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merger fraction fMM | |||
| – | 0.024 ± 0.003 | 4.083 ± 0.501 | −0.797 ± 0.189 |
| Merger rate RMM | |||
| Kitzbichler & White (2008) | 0.020 ± 0.003 | 4.282 ± 0.488 | −1.036 ± 0.182 |
| Jiang et al. (2014) | 0.015 ± 0.002 | 4.350 ± 0.492 | −0.740 ± 0.184 |
| Snyder et al. (2017) | 0.010 ± 0.001 | 6.083 ± 0.501 | −0.797 ± 0.189 |
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