The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on 17 February 2022:
Ilya Mandel and Floor S. Broekgaarden,
Rates of compact object coalescences,
Living Rev Relativ 25, 1 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-021-00034-3
Abstract:
Gravitational-wave detections are enabling measurements of the rate of coalescences of binaries composed of two compact objects-neutron stars and/or black holes. The coalescence rate of binaries containing neutron stars is further constrained by electromagnetic observations, including Galactic radio binary pulsars and short gamma-ray bursts. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated models of compact objects merging through a variety of evolutionary channels produce a range of theoretically predicted rates. Rapid improvements in instrument sensitivity, along with plans for new and improved surveys, make this an opportune time to summarise the existing observational and theoretical knowledge of compact-binary coalescence rates.