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an apparent shortage of compact objects between the heaviest neutron stars and the lightest black holes, about 2 to 5 solar masses, in X-ray binary samples.

In astrophysics, lower mass gap refers to an apparent shortage of compact objects between the heaviest neutron stars and the lightest black holes, about 2 to 5 solar masses, in X-ray binary samples. This meaning comes from Özel (2010) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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  1. Özel, F., Psaltis, D., Narayan, R., & McClintock, J. E. (2010). The Black Hole Mass Distribution in the Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal, 725(2), 1918-1927. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/725/2/1918

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