{
  "id": "2109.14759",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2021-09-29T23:22:24.000Z",
  "updated": "2021-11-05T12:27:45.000Z",
  "title": "GW200115: a non-spinning black hole -- neutron star merger",
  "authors": [
    "Ilya Mandel",
    "Rory J. E. Smith"
  ],
  "comment": "Minor updates to the version accepted to ApJ Letters",
  "doi": "10.3847/2041-8213/ac35dd",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "astro-ph.SR",
    "gr-qc"
  ],
  "abstract": "GW200115 was the second merger of a black hole and a neutron star confidently detected through gravitational waves. Inference on the signal allows for a large black hole spin misaligned with the orbital angular momentum, but shows little support for aligned spin values. We show that this is a natural consequence of measuring the parameters of a black hole -- neutron star binary with non-spinning components while assuming the priors used in the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA analysis. We suggest that, a priori, a non-spinning binary is more consistent with current astrophysical understanding.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2021-11-05T12:27:45.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "neutron star merger",
      "non-spinning black hole",
      "large black hole spin",
      "neutron star binary",
      "orbital angular momentum"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}