A full list of my publications can be found on ADS.

First- and second-authored publications

  1. van Son, L. A. C.; Roy, S. K.; Mandel, I.; Farr, W. M.; Lam, A.; Merritt, J.; Broekgaarden, F. S.; Sander, A.; Andrews, J. J.
    “Not just winds: why models find binary black hole formation is metallicity dependent, while binary neutron star formation is not” , Accepted to ApJ (2024)
  2. Roy, S. K.; van Son, Lieke A. C.; Ray, Anarya; Farr, Will M.
    “Cosmology with Binary Neutron Stars: Does the Redshift Evolution of the Mass Function Matter? ” , Submitted to ApJ (2024)
  3. K. Sharpe; van Son, L. A. C.; S. E. de Mink; R. Farmer; P. Marchant; G. Koenigsberger
    “Investigating the Chemically Homogeneous Evolution Channel and its Role in the Formation of the Enigmatic Binary Black Hole Progenitor Candidate HD 5980” , ApJ, Vol. 966, 1, id.9 (2024)
  4. Hendriks, D. D.; van Son, L. A. C.; Renzo, M.; Izzard, R. G. ; Farmer, R.
    “Pulsational pair-instability supernovae in gravitational-wave and electromagnetic transients” , MNRAS, Vol. 526, 3, (2023)
  5. Fishbach, Maya & van Son, Lieke
    “LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's Oldest Black Holes: Probing star formation at cosmic noon with GWTC-3” , ApJ Letters, Vol. 957, 2, id.L31, (2023)
  6. van Son, L. A. C.; de Mink, S. E.; Chruslinska, M. ; Conroy, C. ; Pakmor, R. ; Hernquist, L.,
    “The locations of features in the mass distribution of merging binary black holes are robust against uncertainties in the metallicity-dependent cosmic star formation history.” , ApJ, 948, 105 (2023)
  7. van Son, L. A. C.; de Mink, S. E; Renzo, M.; Justham, S.; Zapartas, E.; Breivik, K. ; Callister, T. ; Farr, W. M. ; Conroy, C.
    “No peaks without valleys: The stable mass transfer channel for gravitational-wave sources in light of the neutron star-black hole mass gap.” , ApJ, 940, 184, (2022)
  8. van Son, L. A. C.; de Mink, S. E; Callister, T.; Justham, S.; Renzo, M.; Wagg, T.; Broekgaarden, F.; Kummer,F.; Pakmor, R.; Mandel, I.
    “The redshift evolution of the binary black hole merger rate: a weighty matter ” , ApJ, 931 17,(2022)
  9. van Son, L. A. C.; de Mink, S. E; Broekgaarden, F. S.; Renzo, M.; Justham, S.; Laplace, E.; Morán Fraile, J. Hendriks, D. D.; R. Farmer,
    “Polluting the pair-Instability mass gap with super-Eddington accretion in binary systems” , ApJ, 897 100, (2020)
  10. van Son, L. A. C.; Barber, C.; Bahé, Y. M.; Schaye, J.; Barnes, D. J.; Crain, R. A.; Kay, S. T.; Theuns, T.; Dalla Vecchia, C.,
    “Galaxies with monstrous black holes in galaxy cluster environments” , MNRAS, 485 396, (2019)

Co-authored publications

  1. Shenar, T. et al., (w/ 77 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM): A spectroscopic VLT monitoring survey of massive stars in the SMC , arXiv:2407.14593 (2024)
  2. Stegmann et al., (w/ 8 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “Close Encounters of Wide Binaries Induced by the Galactic Tide: Implications for Stellar Mergers and Gravitational-wave Sources , ApJL 972 L19 (2024)
  3. Evans, Matthew et al., (w/ 75 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “Cosmic Explorer: A Submission to the NSF MPSAC ngGW Subcommittee” , arXiv:2306.13745 (2023)
  4. Pakmor, Ruediger et al., (w/ 8 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “Formation and fate of low-metallicity stars in TNG50” , MNRAS, 512 3602 (2022)
  5. Broekgaarden, F. S. et al., (w/ 11 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.),
    “Impact of Massive Binary Star and Cosmic Evolution on Gravitational Wave Observations II: Double Compact Object Mergers” , MNRAS stac1677 (2022)
  6. Wagg, Tom ; Broekgaarden, Floor S. ; de Mink, Selma E. ; van Son, Lieke A. C. ; Frankel, Neige ; Justham, Stephen,
    “Gravitational wave sources in our Galactic backyard: Predictions for BHBH, BHNS and NSNS binaries detectable with LISA” , ApJ, 937, 118 (2022)
  7. Naidu, Rohan P. (w/ 12 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “Evidence from Disrupted Halo Dwarfs that r-process Enrichment via Neutron Star Mergers is Delayed by ≥ 500Myrs” , ApJL 926 L36 (2022)
  8. COMPAS team et al. (w/ 21 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “Rapid stellar and binary population synthesis with COMPAS” , ApJS 258 34 (2022)
  9. COMPAS team et al. (w/ 21 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “ COMPAS: A rapid binary population synthesis suite ” , Journal of Open Source Software, vol. 7, issue 69, id. 3838 (2022)
  10. Law-Smith, J., A., P.; (w/ 12 further co-authors including van Son, L. A. C.)
    “Successful Common Envelope Ejection and Binary Neutron Star Formation in 3D Hydrodynamics.” , arXiv:2011.06630 (Subm. to ApJ)
  11. Renzo, M.; Callister, T.; Chatziioannou, K.; van Son, L. A. C.; Mingarelli, C., M., F.; Cantiello, M.; Ford, K., E., S.; McKernan, B.; and Ashton, G.,
    “Prospects of gravitational-waves detections from common-envelope evolution with LISA” , ApJ, 919 128 (2021)

Non-refereed publications