“Super-kilonovae” from Massive Collapsars as Signatures of Black Hole Birth in the Pair-instability Mass Gap
- D. Siegel, Aman Agarwal, J. Barnes, B. Metzger, M. Renzo, V. Villar
- PhysicsAstrophysical Journal
- 4 November 2021
The core collapse of rapidly rotating massive ∼ 10M ⊙ stars (“collapsars”), and the resulting formation of hyperaccreting black holes, comprise a leading model for the central engines of…